the topic of how cost-effectiveness information informs priority setting in healthcare remains important to both policy and practice. this commentary considers the study carried out by eckard and colleagues in sweden. in it we distinguish between the conditions at national and local levels and put forward some recommendations for research into local priority setting in particular.

sweden and spain experiment with different provider models to reform healthcare provision. both models have in common that they extend the role of the for-profit sector in healthcare. as the analysis of saltman and duran demonstrates, privatisation is an ambiguous and contested strategy that is used for quite different purposes. in our comment, we emphasize that their analysis leaves questions ...

*Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden tDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden ¢Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kardinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden §Department of Clinical Chemistry, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden ~Neurogenic Pain Unit, Dept of Rehabilitation Medicine, Karelinska Hos...

1Department of Radiation Physics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborgs Universitet, Göteborg, Sweden; 2Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Göteborgs Universitet, Göteborg, Sweden; 3Department of Oncology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborgs Universitet, Göteborg, Sweden; 4Department of Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborgs Universitet, Göteborg, Sweden; and 5Depart...

P. Mannfolk, M. Nilsson, R. Wirestam, F. Ståhlberg, P. Fransson, A. Weibull, and J. Olsrud Dept. of Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, Dept. of Diagnostic Radiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Stockholm Brain Institute, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, Dept. of Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, Malmö, Swe...

L. E. Nordin, L. Svensson, P. Julin, S. Müller, and T. L. Lindholm Medical Physics, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden, SMILE Image Laboratory, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden, AstraZeneca R&D Neuroscience, Södertälje, Sweden, Clinical Geriatrics, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden, Radiology, Karolinska University Hospi...

1Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden 2Network for Empowerment and Well-Being, Sweden 3Blekinge Centre of Competence, Karlskrona, Sweden 4Centre for Ethics, Law and Mental Health, University of Gothenburg, Sweden *Corresponding author: Dr. T. Archer, Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Box 500, S-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden, Tel: 0704-668623; E-ma...

1 Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Centre for Ethics, Law and Mental Health, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden 2 Network for Empowerment and Well-Being, Gothenburg, Sweden 3 Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden 4 Swedish Prison and Probation Service, R&D Unit, Gothenburg, Sweden 5 Institute of Neuroscience ...

O. Dahlqvist Leinhard, N. Dahlström, P. Sandström, A. Freij, J. Kihlberg, T. Brismar, Ö. Smedby, and P. Lundberg Department of Medical and Health sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Department of Surgery, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Radiation Physics, Linköping Univers...