TY  - JOUR
AB  - The health needs assessment (HNA) process is being used to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of health and health care services and to continue to make them more sensitive and appropriate for local populations. The process is currently being undertaken in a number of key service areas, and is being followed in one commissioning authority in the United Kingdom with a population of nearly half a million: Bradford uses the Health Care Cube framework for information analysis. This activity is regarded as being essential to the improvement of the health of the population of Bradford and in keeping with the Health of the Nation ethos. It extends the process from assessment of need for a single client group or disease/condition, e.g. heart disease, HIV/AIDS, maternity services, to enable resource allocations to be directed towards one programme for health improvements compared with another, or indeed several others, e.g. heart disease or HIV/AIDS or maternity services.
VL  - 7
IS  - 6
SN  - 0268-9235
DO  - 10.1108/eb060570
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb060570
AU  - Atherton Frank
AU  - Smith Iain
AU  - Kernohan Elizabeth
PY  - 1993
Y1  - 1993/01/01
TI  - A Rationale for Rationing? A Possible Framework
T2  - Journal of Management in Medicine
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 57
EP  - 61
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -