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Access to cancer services for Māori

The Ministry of Health contracted with the Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences in 2004 to undertake a research project focussed on reviewing available baseline…

Te Ohonga Ake: The Determinants of Health for Māori Children and Young People

This report explores the determinants of Māori infants, children and young people using a range of routinely collected data sources. This report is available under third-party content…

Ageing New Zealand and Health and Disability Services 2001–2021

All countries will be faced with an increasing, and proportionately older, population with different health and disability issues over the next 10 to 20 years. Many…

Tracking the Obesity Epidemic

Obesity is one of the most important modifiable risk factors for a number of major diseases, including type 2 diabetes mellitus, ischaemic heart disease, ischaemic stroke…

Impact of population ageing in New Zealand on the demand for health and disability support services, and workforce implications

The background paper Impact of Population Ageing on New Zealand on the Demand for Health and Disability Support Services, and Workforce Implications was completed by Justine…

Living with Disability in New Zealand

In 2001, Statistics New Zealand conducted two national disability surveys. The Household Disability Survey examined the day-to-day living arrangements and activity restrictions of 7256 adults and…

Disability Support Services in New Zealand: Service Provider, Workforce and Service User Surveys

The Disability Services Directorate undertook a project (the ‘Quality and Safety Project’) in 2003-2004 to identify quality and safety issues in the provision of disability support…

A Comparison of Primary Health Care Provided by Rural and Non-Rural General Practices

The National Primary Medical Care Survey was undertaken to describe primary health care in New Zealand, including the characteristics of providers and their practices, the patients…

A Portrait of Health: Key results of the 2002/03 New Zealand Health Survey

A Portrait of Health presents key findings of the 2002/03 New Zealand Health Survey. The report includes a detailed description of the survey methodology, as well…

Family Doctors: Methodology and description of the activity of private GPs

The National Primary Medical Care Survey was undertaken to describe primary health care in New Zealand, including the characteristics of providers and their practices, the patients…