The impact of health needs assessment and prioritisation on District Health Board planning in New Zealand

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 276-289

  Coster, Gregor ^a   Mays, Nicholas ^b   Scott, Claudia ^c   Cumming, Jacqueline ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Delivery of health care; Health care systems; Health planning; Health priorities; Needs assessment

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; PRIORITIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ZEALAND; STATE MEDICINE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 72449207656     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: 10991751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.1011     Document Type: Article

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