The initial pool of the twenty-two criteria was reviewed by an experts’ panel in terms of importance and relevance in the context of Cyprus social, cultural, economic and healthcare circumstances. The aim of the experts’ panel was to provide feedback and result in a decreased number (six at a maximum) of the most important and relevant criteria to be used in the study. The experts’ panel was consisted of: (a) members of the public, (b) health care professionals and (c) health policy key-stakeholders. Initially, 32 individuals were recruited to participate voluntarily in the experts’ panel. The selection of potential participants was based on their experience and expertise (e.g. members of the public who were active citizens and engaged to advocacy groups for reducing health inequalities). Finally, thirteen (13) individuals agreed to participate (four members of the public, five health professionals and four health policy key-stakeholders) and joined the experts’ panel. The group of experts was asked to provide feedback about the initial pool of twenty-two criteria and express their opinions on health policy and priority setting in the view of the financial crisis. The criteria were discussed thoroughly in systematic experts’ group meetings in order to examine their relevance and importance, reach consensus and reduce the number of the initial set (of the twenty-three criteria) to six. The experts’ panel confirmed that the final set of cases and attributes were relevant, important, comprehensible and suitable for the Cyprus population. Apart from expressing their views on the topic, participants had also the opportunity to raise questions on the usefulness and the importance of the study in the era of financial crisis.