Stated goals of EPHS costing (ex ante)
| Categories of goals* | No of countries | Afghanistan | Ethiopia | Pakistan | Somalia | Sudan |
| Resource needs/affordability | 3 | x | x | x | ||
| Resource mobilisation | 3 | x | x | x | ||
| Reprioritisation based on resource constraint | 3 | x | x | x | ||
| Demonstrating value for money—efficiency | 2 | x | x | |||
| Planning resource allocation | 1 | x | ||||
| Contracting | 1 | x |
*These are extracted from responses to Q6 (online supplemental annex 1). Full text responses are reported in online supplemental annex 2, table Q6.
EPHS, essential package of health services.