Incorporating costs in a return on investment framework expands priorities to include areas not traditionally highlighted as priorities based on conventional irreplaceability and vulnerability approaches.
As the single most common cause of severe disability in adults in UK, stroke is of national concern [ 7] with interventions to promote successful longer term outcomes, including self-management programmes, highlighted as priorities in national stroke strategies [ 8, 9].
Dissemination and diffusion efforts have been increasingly highlighted as a priority to improving population health and reducing disparities [ 10- 13].
Clinical and biomedical research infrastructure, in addition to training in research regulatory processes, procurement and finance management, communication skills and information technology were highlighted as high priority areas for strategic interventions to improve mentoring within doctoral training programs.
Clinical and biomedical research infrastructure, in addition to training in research regulatory processes, procurement and finance management, communication skills and information technology, were highlighted as high priority areas for strategic interventions to improve mentoring within doctoral training of clinician scientists.
Examination of environmental factors related to physical activity was highlighted as a priority research area during the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases conference on behavioural science research in diabetes [ 37].
Availability of competent human resources for health continues to be a challenge in many countries and is often highlighted as a priority at high-level global discussions and advocacy events [ 5].
Most of these species are from poorly known regions or taxonomic groups and until now have rarely been highlighted as conservation priorities.
The links between specific health problems and seasonal, diurnal, climatic, and geographic variations in ozone exposure were highlighted as research priorities in Estimating Mortality Risk Reduction and Economic Benefits from Controlling Ozone Air Pollution, an EPA-requested report released by the National Research Council NRCC) on 22 April 2008.
Systematic measurement of impact was highlighted as demonstrating the priority of an intervention for the Trust and more widely as a means of improving the evidence base and legitimacy of the approach.
