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An ethical analysis of the NEED framework: exploring the moral relevance and relative ethical urgency of its criteria
KCE Reports 427C (2026)
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Needs Examination, Evaluation and Dissemination (NEED): identification of unmet health-related needs associated with psychotic disorders
KCE Reports 418C (2026)
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Exploring and applying artificial intelligence tools for grey literature searches within the NEED initiative
KCE Reports 416C (2026)
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Protocol for NEED (needs examination, evaluation and dissemination) research projects
KCE Reports 406C (2025)Supplementary material to the NEED protocol: Excel template for implementing results in the NEED database (65 KB, .xlsx)
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NEED research Toolbox: instruments and tools for examining unmet health-related patient and societal needs
KCE Reports 407C (2025)Tool 1: Standardised search strategyTool 2: Generic patient questionnaireTool 3 : Generic patient interview guideTool 4: Generic patient interview guide for proxy respondentsTool 5: Declaration of conflict of interest formTool 6: Generic expert questionnaireTool 7 : Checklist for non-healthcare costsTool 8: Generic R scripts
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NEED assessment framework 2025: EU expert consensus and core version
KCE Reports 401C (2025)
The goal of the NEED initiative is to assess patients’ and society’s unmet health-related needs in a scientific and structured way. This information, collected in a dedicated database, can then be used to inform innovation and healthcare policies to help them target the areas of highest need.
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Identification, evaluation, and selection of health conditions for the NEED research programme
KCE Reports 391C (2024)NEED is a project aimed at assessing unmet health-related needs in order to guide innovation and health policies more effectively. Partly funded by BELSPO, this initiative is the result of a collaboration between the KCE and Sciensano.In previous reports, the NEED research team developed a framework for assessing unmet needs for a given disease or health condition, which was then tested for Crohn's disease and malignant melanoma. Its applicability to rare diseases was also assessed. Read more...
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