Croatian Medical Journal · 2008 · 109 citations · 15 references
Public AffairsChild HealthHealth PolicyChild Health PolicyGlobal Health PolicyPublic Health PolicyChild Disease PreventionChild Health EpidemiologyChild Health EquityChild Health PreventionGlobal Health GovernancePriority SettingChild Health PartnershipsExplicit Priority SettingHealth Priority SettingPediatric Health PolicyPediatric Priority DeterminationPriority Setting MethodologyResearch Agenda SettingResearch Priority Setting
Increasingly, there is a need for national governments, public-private partnerships, private sector and other funding agencies to set priorities in health research investments in a fair and transparent way. A process of priority setting is always an activity driven by values of wide range of stakeholders, which are often conflicting. This process always occurs in a highly specific context (eg, agreed policies and targets in terms of disease burden reduction and time limit, defined geographic space, population and specific health problems).
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