Scutchfield F D
J Community Health. 1975 Fall;1(1):29-38. doi: 10.1007/BF01318941.
Four methods for assessing priorities of health problems were use in a 15-county Appalachian region. Despite overall similarities the tendency is for providers to focus on categorical disease problems while consumers focus more on organization and financing problems. Only one of the methods described, community diagnosis, uses objective data; thus, the health professional must assume an educational role and help consumers use and interpret data. Prioritization of health problems allows for more appropriate use of limited resources.
在一个拥有15个县的阿巴拉契亚地区，使用了四种评估健康问题优先级的方法。尽管总体上有相似之处，但医疗服务提供者倾向于关注分类疾病问题，而消费者则更关注组织和融资问题。所描述的方法中只有一种，即社区诊断，使用客观数据；因此，健康专业人员必须承担教育角色，帮助消费者使用和解释数据。确定健康问题的优先级有助于更合理地使用有限资源。
