While the committee in New Zealand discussed principles in much the same way as other commissions, the discussion occurred in the context of making recommendations about covered services. The committee rejected the idea of having an "Oregon-like" list of services constitute the basic package, but did define eligibility criteria for coverage of specific services. In order to make appropriate recommendations, the Committee looked at unit cost and volume of treatment **data** for common conditions and identified areas where efficiency could be improved [34,35]. They also used information on public values and opinions, gathered through public meetings, to inform their recommendations. Subsequently, the Committee, renamed the National Health Committee (NHC) in 1996, met yearly to reevaluate and recommend changes to publicly funded health services based on new information or developments.