title: Priority setting. The big C. Head above the noise.
abstract: Cancer has been a government health priority since the early 1990s. Spending on cancer could be at the expense of other needs, such as palliative care. The public lacks clear information about primary care trust spending decisions.
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dent
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006291:Health Policy; D006292:Health Priorities; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom