We use Clark and Weale's conceptual framework to describe how decisions on health priority setting are made by the PBAC and MSAC, mapping this against the eight social values under the two overall dimensions of “process” and “content” of decision-making [20]. The descriptive analysis was principally informed by two information sources: (1) a search of the published literature in August 2014, to identify key sources on the PBAC and MSAC processes, and the potential role of social values in PBAC and MSAC processes and recommendations; and (2) a search of the PBAC, MSAC and DoH websites in August 2014, to identify key policy documents providing insights into the application of social values in decision-making. These key information sources were used alongside the broader literature on social values in priority setting to describe the role of social values in health technology priority setting policy, processes and decisions in Australia