In the third part, participants were asked to rate the facility-specific priorities of existing exercise therapy measures (e.g. group exercise, continuous passive motion) and therapy objectives (e.g. pain reduction, strengthening of hip muscles) from one (highest priority) to five (lowest priority).
The first desired feature is baseline assessment, or the inclusion in the priority setting process of existing activities so that an appropriate level of funding for these activities can be determined.
in which duplicate values are not allowed and the the priority of an existing value may be changed.
This may result in a combination of re-affirming the need to continue in some current priority areas with sharpened focus, and the need to continue striving for the achievement of existing priorities and the identification of new priorities and strategies, especially reflecting a more explicit equity focused approach within an evolving programme environment.
Respecting competing priorities and taking advantage of existing initiatives can help raise the priority of tobacco dependence treatment.
These results are already being used by Fiji's Protected Area Committee to modify the boundaries of existing priority places to deliver outcomes that better meet terrestrial conservation goals while offering greater benefits to coral reef condition through prevention of run-off.
Completion of staff housing should take priority, to promote retention of existing and newly recruited staff.
A number of recent reviews describing key features of existing priority setting models and their application are available for those unfamiliar with the literature [ 1- 5].
With respect to data collection and modeling, in the short-term (that is, the next one to two years), the following actions should be given priority: 1. Exploitation of existing data as a starting point for multiscale modeling.
Despite the wealth of existing priority setting literature (for example, program budgeting and marginal analysis, accountability for reasonableness, the 'describe-evaluate-improve' strategy) there are still no tools to evaluate how healthcare resources are prioritised.
