He said: "Local government funding is allocated based on a needs-based formula which has been agreed by council leaders - if Gordon Matheson has a problem with this, he should speak to his Labour colleagues from other council areas who believe that Glasgow gets too much money.
Finally, it should be noted that attention was constantly being drawn to the importance of prevailing morbidity, a basic indicator for assessing medical manpower based on a needs-based approach.
'A replacement formula should be sensitive to change' An alternative needs-based and dynamic system must be implemented for rebalancing of funding, which is based on principles of fairness and independence.
We use the term 'needs-based' for both learning and care because an underpinning tenet of the theoretical orientation of this work is that learning should be based on the need of the learner, just as care should be available according to the need of the patient.
Treatment in the second study was based on the bio-psycho-social model with the intervention group receiving a needs-based psychosocial treatment in addition to the treatment for the control group that consisted of the clinic's "usual" approach consisting of a thorough examination, explanations, training/spinal manipulation/medication as needed, and advice on continued management.
The development methodology was based on advances in the understanding of the conceptual and practical basis of measurement; combining the theoretical strengths of the needs-based QOL model with the statistical and diagnostic power of the Rasch model [ 18].
These were based on the perceived needs/problems and perceived socio-economic context of community members.
In this trial, osteopathic care is not based on a predetermined protocol but on needs-based approach.
The CaSUN was developed using a needs-based approach to assess QOL among cancer survivors.
Developed countries often used workforce supply and demand methods based on population needs-based requirements, others have used benchmarking or a combination [ 2- 14, 15, 15] There are qualitative approaches (for example, the Delphi method [ 11]), and some studies use quantitative dynamic modeling of HRH stock and flow [ 14] that may include sensitivity analyses [ 15].
