Indicators of Need for Health Care Personnel

The Concept of Need, Alternative Measures Employed To Determine Need, and a Suggested Model

Bibliographic Data

ID9101392
AuthorsIvan J Fahs (Ministry of Manpower, corresponding author), Thomas Choi, Thomas Y Choi (0000-0002-7605-0675, Ministry of Manpower), Kathryn Barchas, Paula Zakariasen, Paula R Zakariasen (Ministry of Manpower)
Year1971
Volume9
Issue2
Pages144-151
Publication date1971-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedical Care (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948
PublisherOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/00005650-197103000-00006
PMID5554393
OpenAlexW2063208002
LanguageEN
Citations received1

Persons making decisions about health care personnel are confronted with an array of measurements that allegedly determine "need." This paper examines selected categories of indicators; one category' analyzes those which compare numbers of health personnel to number of persons; a second category analyzes health personnel need as indicated by economic factors; a third category examines personnel need as indicated by factors of geographic distance. There are both advantages and disadvantages to using any one indicator, and there is greater reliability in using more than one indicator. Most indicators used can be derived from available information. The indicator utilized should fit the health need. A plea is made for caution to be employed in declaring need for health manpower

Actuarial science · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Health care · Plea · Political science · Reliability (semiconductor) · Global Health Care Issues · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Psychology

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