Planning Healthcare at a Community Level Flashcards
1
Q
What is a need?
A
what people could benefit from
2
Q
What is a demand?
A
what people want
3
Q
What is supply?
A
what is provided
4
Q
What are the 5 different types of need in healthcare?
A
- normative need
- professionally defined ned
- felt need
- patients perception of their need
- expressed need
- felt need translated into action
- comparative need
- comparing health needs of similar groups
- unmet need
- difference between provided and need
5
Q
What can influence need, supply and demand?
A
- medical influence
- public and political pressures
- media
- social and educational influence
- cost and rationing
- current research agenda
- medical knowledge
- historical patterns
6
Q
What are the 9 protected characteristics?
A
- age
- diability
- gender reassignment
- marriage and civil partnerships
- pregnancy and maternity
- race
- religion or beliex
- sex
- sexual orientation
7
Q
What are the 6 components of healthcare planning?
A
- options
- decisions on policy
- available resources
- implementation
- evaluation
- assessment of need
8
Q
What is a health needs assessment?
A
a systematic method of identifying the public health, healthcare needs of a population and making recommendations for change to meet these needs
9
Q
What does the process of an Oral Health Needs Assessment involve?
A
- examining and describing population
- identifying needs of population
- examining the current service provision
- identify how gaps can be met
10
Q
What is the purpose of an Oral Health Needs Assessment?
A
- identify and quantify oral health needs
- identify potential health gains
- prioritise identified needs
- inform the planning of services
