Health sector priority setting: considering poverty, health systems and the economy Professor Anna Vassall discusses the challenges of determining health sector priorities considering: the impact of health services on poverty; health systems performance; and, wider consequences for public finance and the economy. She reflects on a career supporting health service providers, governments and global health agencies allocate resources to different areas of the health sector: and the role of economic evidence in supporting health priority setting. She highlights some of the successes and challenges in bringing together evidence rooted in different disciplines and assessing the societal impact of our health related choices.