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The Cost of Suicide to Society

The Cost of Suicide report estimates the cost of the 460 suicides and 5095 attempted suicides in 2002 to total $1,381,492,000 - nearly $1.4 billion. Each…

Prescribing information resources: Use and preference by general practitioners

The Ministry of Health funded the Centre for Health Services Research and Policy (The University of Auckland) to produce a research report on general practitioners’ (GP)…

The Impact of Enforcement on Intoxication and Alcohol Related Harm

The enforcement of liquor licensing laws by police and regulatory officials is intended to keep drinking environments safe, contribute to the reduction of liquor abuse, prevent…

A Comparison of Māori and Non-Māori Patient Visits to Doctors

The report uses the data on visits by Māori and non-Māori patients at community-based general practices. Information was logged on 6,384 visits by Māori with a…

Towards Accessible, Effective and Resilient After Hours Primary Health Care Services

The After Hours Primary Health Care Working Party (the Working Party) made fifteen recommendations aimed at ensuring accessible and effective after hours primary health care services…

Public Health Depression Initiative: Benchmark Survey

This benchmark survey was undertaken to inform the scoping of a Public Health Depression Initiative. • Interviews were completed with 1301 persons aged 16 years and…

The Effectiveness of EarlyBird

These reports present both the final report for the evaluation of the outcomes of the EarlyBird Programme in New Zealand on behalf of the Ministry of…

National Mental Health Information Strategy

In September 2004 the Ministry of Health prepared a discussion document to review the availability, quality, role and use of information at all levels within the…

Public Health Depression Initiative: Environmental Scan

This Environmental Scan is part of a group of documents which will inform the planning of the Ministry of Health’s National Depression Initiative (NDI). These documents…

Reducing smoking initiation literature review

In early 2004 the HSC undertook some preliminary work on a literature review of youthfocused anti-tobacco interventions. This preliminary work identified a need for a more…