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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Needs Assessment" by people in this website by year, and whether "Needs Assessment" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 149 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 12 publications in 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	0	1	1
2000	0	1	1
2001	2	1	3
2002	0	5	5
2003	1	6	7
2004	2	3	5
2005	3	1	4
2006	2	4	6
2007	1	6	7
2008	1	5	6
2009	2	2	4
2010	0	3	3
2011	0	3	3
2012	2	3	5
2013	2	5	7
2014	1	5	6
2015	3	9	12
2016	3	6	9
2017	1	8	9
2018	1	8	9
2019	3	5	8
2020	0	5	5
2021	1	3	4
2022	0	3	3
2023	0	3	3
2024	0	7	7
2025	4	3	7

Below are the most recent publications written about "Needs Assessment" by people in Profiles.

Ragavan MI, Schweiberger K, Palakshappa D, Garg A, Hanmer J, Ray K. Nonresponse to Health-Related Social Needs Screening Items Within Pediatric Primary Care. Pediatrics. 2025 Jul 01; 156(1).

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Eche-Ugwu IJ, Dunnack Yackel H, Pozzar RA, Hammer MJ, Cooley ME. A Qualitative Descriptive Study to Assess Experiences and Care Needs of Patients With Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2025 Apr 23; 52(3):205-216.

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Garg A, Brochier A, Tripodis Y, BarahonaPaz K, Drainoni ML. Potential Pediatric Health Care Consequences of Not Getting Help for Disclosed Social Needs. Acad Pediatr. 2025 08; 25(6):102834.

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Mahmud A, Brown MC, Wong ES, Ornelas IJ, Wellman R, Pardee R, Mun S, Singer A, Westbrook E, Barnes K, Haan HD, Lewis CC. Comparison of clinic-based assistance versus a centralized call center on patient-reported social needs: findings from a randomized pilot social health integration program. BMC Public Health. 2025 Mar 28; 25(1):1171.

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Blok AC, Valley TS, Gauntlett LE, Miller J, Lipman K, Krein SL. Understanding crisis needs among family caregivers of patients in critical care: A qualitative analysis. Aust Crit Care. 2025 05; 38(3):101168.

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Hwang DY, Reichman M, Bannon SM, Meurer K, Kubota R, Kim J, Baskaran N, Zhang Q, Fishbein NS, Lichstein K, Presciutti AM, Woodworth EC, Motta M, Muehlschlegel S, Reznik ME, Jaffa MN, Creutzfeldt CJ, Fehnel CR, Tomlinson AD, Williamson CA, Vranceanu AM. Psychosocial Support Needs and Preferences Among Family Caregivers of ICU Patients with Severe Acute Brain Injury: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis. Neurocrit Care. 2025 Aug; 43(1):223-231.

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Fan EY, Megafu O, Lee J, Robinson SA, Bernal ES, Cleary M, Simons JP. Diversifying the Surgical Workforce: Understanding Barriers to Inform Solutions. J Surg Educ. 2025 03; 82(3):103418.

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Rajamani S, Austin R, Richwine C, Britt-Lalich M, Thakur M, Odowa Y, Jantraporn R, Marquard J. Understanding Patient Portal Uses and Needs: Cross-Sectional Study in a State Fair Setting. JMIR Form Res. 2024 Oct 11; 8:e64085.

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Sabatino MJ, Sullivan K, Alcusky MJ, Nicholson J. Identifying and addressing health-related social needs: a Medicaid member perspective. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Oct 08; 24(1):1203.

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Cordova-Ramos EG, Burke J, Sileo N, McGean M, Torrice V, Mantri S, Parker MG, Drainoni ML. "We Don't Want to Screen for the Sake of Screening": A Qualitative Evaluation of a Social Needs Screening and Referral Intervention in the NICU. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2024 Jul-Sep 01; 38(3):271-279.

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