Key Themes

1. Theoretical and methodological advances in priority setting

• Reconciling health system objectives both ethical and economic
• Understanding how organisations learn
• Understanding how organizations can change
• Developments in health technology assessment
• Evaluating public health interventions

2. Practical advances in priority setting

• Accounting for the politics of health care
• Managing scarcity in resource-deprived environments
• Achieving disinvestment in health care

3. Achieving real solutions

• Handling the media storm
• Legal issues and conflict resolution
• Meaningful public involvement
• Making the academic practical