4.2 Explicit Priority Setting Beyond Medicines
As noted earlier, one of the key recommendations in the
1991 reform proposals was for an explicit ‘core’ of services
to be defined, clarifying the services New Zealanders
would have access to through government funding, and
hence clarifying the range of services New Zealanders
would have to fund themselves. An independent advisor to
the government—the Core Services Committee (CSC)—
was established in 1992 to take on this role.