Needs Assessment

"Needs Assessment" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Systematic identification of a population's needs or the assessment of individuals to determine the proper level of services needed.

Descriptor ID	D020380
MeSH Number(s)	I02.594 N03.349.380.565 N05.300.537
Concept/Terms	Needs Assessment Needs Assessment Needs Assessments Educational Needs Assessment Educational Needs Assessment Assessment, Educational Needs Needs Assessment, Educational Needs Assessments, Educational Determination of Health Care Needs Determination of Health Care Needs Determination of Healthcare Needs Assessment of Healthcare Needs Needs Assessment, Healthcare Needs Assessments, Healthcare Assessment of Health Care Needs

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Needs Assessment".

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Education [I02]
Needs Assessment [I02.594]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Health Planning [N03.349]
Health Services Research [N03.349.380]
Needs Assessment [N03.349.380.565]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Delivery of Health Care [N05.300]
Needs Assessment [N05.300.537]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	1	2	3
2000	0	1	1
2004	0	1	1
2005	4	2	6
2009	0	1	1
2010	2	3	5
2011	1	1	2
2012	0	3	3
2013	0	3	3
2014	1	2	3
2015	0	1	1
2017	2	2	4
2018	0	1	1
2019	1	1	2
2020	0	1	1
2021	0	1	1

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Tavares KB, Russell DM, Conrad RJ, Sizemore GC, Nguyen SH, Moon AY, Colgan BA, Condon FJ, Mayo JS, Criman ET, Lim RB. Time to weigh in on obesity and associated comorbidities in combat-wounded amputees. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 02 01; 90(2):325-330.

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Delpirou Nouh C, Samkutty DG, Chandrashekhar S, Santucci JA, Ford L, Xu C, Hollabaugh KM, Bohnstedt BN, Ray B. Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Variation in Clinical Practice and Unmet Need for Follow-up among Survivors-A Single-Center Perspective. World Neurosurg. 2020 07; 139:e608-e617.

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McGaha P, Stewart K, Garwe T, Johnson J, Sarwar Z, Letton RW. Helicopter transport in pediatric trauma: A new methodology using Need for Surgeon Presence to evaluate the necessity of air transport. Am J Surg. 2020 08; 220(2):464-467.

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McGaha P, Garwe T, Stewart K, Sarwar Z, Robbins J, Johnson J, Letton RW. Factors that predict the need for early surgeon presence in the setting of pediatric trauma. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Apr; 55(4):698-701.

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Pham T, Rathbun RC, Keast S, Nesser N, Farmer K, Skrepnek G. National estimates of case-mix, mortality, and economic outcomes among inpatient HIV/AIDS mono-infection and hepatitis C co-infection cases in the US. J Eval Clin Pract. 2019 Oct; 25(5):806-821.

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Bulkley CF, Miller MJ, Bush CG, Nussbaum BB, Draugalis JR. Needs assessment for developing a program to help train advanced-practice pharmacists for research. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2017 Dec 01; 74(23):1986-1995.

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Mishra A, Browning D, Haviland MJ, Jackson ML, Luff D, Meyer EC, Talcott K, Kloek CE. Communication Skills Training in Ophthalmology: Results of a Needs Assessment and Pilot Training Program. J Surg Educ. 2018 Mar - Apr; 75(2):417-426.

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Uribe-Leitz T, Esquivel MM, Knowlton LM, Ciesla D, Lin F, Hsia RY, Spain DA, Winchell RJ, Staudenmayer KL. The American College of Surgeons Needs-Based Assessment of Trauma Systems: Estimates for the State of California. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2017 05; 82(5):861-866.

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Madhoun MF, Bitar H, Parava P, Bashir MH, Zia H. Patients with History of Colonoscopy Are Less Likely to Achieve High Quality Preparation After Implementing Split-Dose Bowel Preparation. Acta Gastroenterol Belg. 2017 Apr-Jun; 80(2):257-261.

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Schweikhard AJ. An Information Needs Assessment of School Nurses in a Metropolitan County. Med Ref Serv Q. 2016; 35(1):27-41.

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