Health Services Needs and Demand
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Nursing advocacy in a postgenomic age.

29 Nov 2009 The Human Genome Project will change how health is defined and how disease is prevented, diagnosed, and treated. As the largest group of health care providers in contact with patients, nurses need to be competent in the science of genetics. Beyond ... Read more...

[Montérégie Comprehensive Cancer Care Centre: integrating nurse navigators in Montérégie's oncology teams: one aspect of implementing the Cancer Control Program--Part 1]

29 Nov 2009 The oncology patient navigator role was developed to ensure both continuity and consultation in the delivery of care to cancer patients and their families. In Québec, this role is filled by a nurse. This first article in a series of two, aims to ... Read more...

Cervical cancer: disease prevention and informational support.

29 Nov 2009 Cervical cancer and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) are significant health care concerns for women worldwide. Globally, in 2006, cervical cancer remains the second most common cancer in women. Infection with high-risk strains of HPV is found to be ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Health Services Needs and Demand'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Nursing advocacy in a postgenomic age. 29 Nov 2009
• [Montérégie Comprehensive Cancer Care Centre: integrating nurse navigators in Montérégie's oncology teams: one aspect of implementing the Cancer Control Program--Part 1] 29 Nov 2009
• Cervical cancer: disease prevention and informational support. 29 Nov 2009
• Iranian nurses' preparation for loss: finding a balance in end-of-life care. 10 Nov 2009
• Analysis of ophthalmology workforce and delivery of emergency department eye care in Florida. 30 Oct 2009
• Commentary: Health care reform and its potential impact on academic medical centers. 30 Oct 2009
• Redesign of a university hospital preanesthesia evaluation clinic using a queuing theory approach. 30 Oct 2009
• A potential avalanche of need? 30 Oct 2009
• Philippines struggles to recover from typhoons. 29 Oct 2009
• Mobilising the community in the fight against HIV/AIDS. 29 Oct 2009
• The state of health in South Africa: quo vadis? 29 Oct 2009
• Time for renewed global action against childhood pneumonia. 29 Oct 2009
• Second primary cancers in survivors of childhood cancer. 29 Oct 2009
• Malaria: a research agenda for the eradication era. 29 Oct 2009
• The undernutrition epidemic: an urgent health priority. 29 Oct 2009
• Sex ratio imbalance worsens in Vietnam. 22 Oct 2009
• NCEPOD report on acute kidney injury-must do better. 22 Oct 2009
• Mental health services for older people. 22 Oct 2009
• Vaccines and the world of child health. 22 Oct 2009
• Inconvenient truths about supplier induced demand and unwarranted variation in medical practice. 18 Oct 2009

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Technical information about 'Health Services Needs and Demand'

Definition: Health services required by a population or community as well as the health services that the population or community is able and willing to pay for.

Descriptor UI: D006301

Alternative terms: Health Services Needs and Demand; Needs and Demand, Health Services; Needs; Target Population; Population, Target; Populations, Target; Target Populations; Health Services Needs; Health Services Need; Need, Health Services; Needs, Health Services;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N03.349.380.420; N05.300.450;

History Note: 91(Aug 77); was see under HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH 1980-90; was see under HEALTH PLANNING 1979; was see under HEALTH AND WELFARE PLANNING 1977-78

Technical Notes: specify geog; DF: HEALTH SERV NEEDS