Looking forward to health needs assessments: A new perspective on 'need'

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 1127, 2001, Pages 92-94

  Buetow, Stephen ^a   Coster, Gregor ^a   Gurr, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ZEALAND; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0035831435     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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