Following the presentation, each participant was asked to conduct an individual rating of the research areas identified, using the criteria of Table 1 (thus applying the second priority setting filter) and giving each criteria a rate of 1 to 5, 5 being the highest.
These are but a few key organizational attributes found in the literature that can help envisage the outcome of a given priority setting exercise.
Social media also helps with priority setting at the board, giving us real-time information about what is important to women with endometriosis".
Our review confirms that there is limited research attention given to priority setting at this level.
Also given that priority setting is a social process with a range of actors, the power relationships between these actors and how these influence the process warrant a more in-depth examination.
Given limited resources, priority setting or choice making will remain a reality at all levels of publicly funded healthcare across countries for many years to come.
MB coordinated the research priority setting on ATM at global level, giving inputs on methods used in country or regional exercises, contributed to the text construction of this paper.
Explanations were given as to what priority setting means and its objectives.
In the context of health care provision, public involvement initiatives have been utilized on a range of issues, including debates on how health services should set priorities given limited resources (Bruni, Laupacis, and Martin 2008; Mitton et al. 2009).
