Studies were excluded if they focused on a single criterion (e.g., cost-effectiveness only) or described a priority-setting exercise without explicitly identifying decision criteria.
Indeed, politicians still conflate describing a priority with promising more money, for example the recent idea of 1,000 extra border staff.
Qatar is on a list of countries described as a "priority market" for UK arms sales, ministers have told parliament.
The committee's unanimous support added momentum to a bill that Democratic leaders, who control both chambers of the legislature, have described as a priority.
Doctors are urged to take patients' well-being into consideration without worrying about material rewards, although providing adequate pay for medical workers is described as a priority.
He said the expansion into Australia, which BBC executives have described as a "priority market", was the latest in a series of "worrying commercial sorties", including the ill-fated purchase of Lonely Planet.
The issue, which William Hague described as a "priority" for the UK hosts, has the backing of the UN and other international non-governmental organisations.
In household surveys and focus groups, circling disease was more commonly described as a priority concern in Pawaga, the northern division of the study area, than in Idodi (P < 0.001).
One respondent described a 'shift' in global priorities to issues such as climate change, terrorism and the rising price of food.
