A5030249013- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Healthcare Systems and Practices
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Global Health Care Issues
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Genomics and Rare Diseases
- Ethics in medical practice
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
- Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
- Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
- Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre
2025
University of Oxford
2019-2024
St. Paul's Hospital
2005
<title>Abstract</title> <bold>Background</bold> Measuring health-related unmet needs is crucial for identifying innovation gaps and developing targeted strategies to address them. This study focused on measuring the of patients with Crohn’s disease in Belgium using a standardised methodology that facilitates comparisons across different diseases. chronic condition characterised by rising incidence over past century limited progress understanding its causes or advancing effective treatments....
Abstract The NEED (Needs Examination, Evaluation, and Dissemination) assessment framework was designed to identify measure unmet health-related needs of patients society across various health conditions, aiding the development needs-driven healthcare policy innovation. consists 25 criteria 46 associated indicators that assess whether these are met or not. This study aims validate at European Union (EU) level using a modified Delphi approach. We selected national institutes for process based...
BackgroundHospitals in China are classified into tiers (1, 2 or 3), with the largest (tier 3) having more equipment and specialist staff. Differential health insurance cost-sharing by hospital tier (lower deductibles higher reimbursement rates lower tiers) was introduced to reduce overcrowding hospitals, promote use of limit escalating healthcare costs. However, little is known about effects differential schemes on choice tiers.MethodsIn a 9-year follow-up prospective study 0.5 M adults from...
China initiated major health-care reforms in 2009 aiming to provide universal health care for all by 2020. However, little is known about trends use and outcomes across different socioeconomic groups the past decade.We used data from Kadoorie Biobank (CKB), a nationwide prospective cohort study of adults aged 30-79 years 2004-08, ten regions (five urban, five rural) China. Individuals who were alive included present study. Data admissions obtained linkage electronic hospital records...
To investigate gender differences in the use of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for acute ischaemic heart disease (IHD) Chinese adults assess whether socioeconomic or health system factors contribute to such differences.
Introduction The NEED (Needs Examination, Evaluation and Dissemination) assessment framework aims to identify patient societal unmet needs in various diseases, highlighting gaps for intervention. This approach is exemplified through a malignant melanoma case study, ranking sixth European cancers. Therapeutic progress has been made over the last decade, prompting an of remaining needs. Methods applicability evaluated study Belgium. methodology had four components: (i) overall description...
Introduction As there is no standard definition of unmet patient or societal needs, the Needs Examination, Evaluation, Dissemination (NEED) project defined criteria for assessing these needs. This study describes creation an exploitable evidence database on health-related and needs various health conditions, how this can be used in decision-making. Methods The NEED framework defines explicit dimensions (patient, societal, future needs), domains (health, healthcare, social criteria, along...
Introduction The healthcare ecosystem is predominantly supply-driven, leading to a lack of innovation in financially less-attractive health areas, inefficient use public resources for healthcare, and unmet patient societal needs. This study proposes framework identify health-related needs different conditions, inform support the development needs-driven policy innovations. Methods Two systematic literature reviews were conducted: one update an already published review that identified tools...