The purpose of needs assessment in health care is to gather the information required to bring about change
beneficial to the health of the population. It is generally, but not universally, accepted that this takes place within the
context of finite resources.1 "Health gain" can therefore be achieved by reallocating resources as a result of identifying
four factors:
• Non-recipients of beneficial healthcare interventions (that is, unmet need);
• Recipients of ineffective health care (and releasing the resources for unmet need);
• Recipients of inefficient health care (and releasing resources for unmet need); and
• Recipients of inappropriate health care (for whom the outcomes could be improved).
The subjects of healthcare needs assessment are the populations and patients who are recipients or potential
beneficiaries of health care. Populations, of course, include individual patients. The assessment of individuals' needs
may form part of the assessment of a population's needs, but it may be costly and it risks ignoring individuals with
needs who do not present themselves for health care. Table 1 shows the circumstances favouring individual needs
assessment for planning purposes.
The purpose of needs assessment in health care is to gather the information required to bring about changebeneficial to the health of the population. It is generally, but not universally, accepted that this takes place within thecontext of finite resources.1 "Health gain" can therefore be achieved by reallocating resources as a result of identifyingfour factors:• Non-recipients of beneficial healthcare interventions (that is, unmet need);• Recipients of ineffective health care (and releasing the resources for unmet need);• Recipients of inefficient health care (and releasing resources for unmet need); and• Recipients of inappropriate health care (for whom the outcomes could be improved).The subjects of healthcare needs assessment are the populations and patients who are recipients or potentialbeneficiaries of health care. Populations, of course, include individual patients. The assessment of individuals' needsmay form part of the assessment of a population's needs, but it may be costly and it risks ignoring individuals withneeds who do not present themselves for health care. Table 1 shows the circumstances favouring individual needsassessment for planning purposes.
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