Report on Maternity, 2010 Last Publication Date: 30 Nov 2012 Report on Maternity, 2010 summarises the maternal and newborn information stored in the National Maternity Collection. This collection uses two administrative sources of data: hospital discharge…
Hospital Events 2008/09 and 2009/10 Last Publication Date: 23 Nov 2012 This publication focuses on publicly funded and privately funded hospital events in 2008/09 and 2009/10, and also shows trends from 1995/96. It contains summarised data tables, figures…
Background Papers: Māori Medium Initial Teacher Education Outcomes (2012) Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2012 This introduction examines the broad issues underpinning these two papers. The global context of education for Indigenous peoples is described, followed by the local context in…
New Zealand Maternity Clinical Indicators 2010 Last Publication Date: 26 Oct 2012 The New Zealand Maternity Clinical Indicators are the result of a collaborative process involving the Ministry of Health and maternity stakeholders, representing consumer, midwifery, obstetric, general…
Guidance for implementing high-quality multidisciplinary meetings Last Publication Date: 02 Oct 2012 The Guidance for implementing high-quality multidisciplinary meetings and the accompanying factsheet Quick reference for high-quality cancer multidisciplinary meetings provides a framework and toolkit to support district…
Adjusting productivity statistics for variable capacity utilisation: Working harder or hardly working? (Stats NZ WP 12-02) Last Publication Date: 01 Oct 2012 This paper outlines the implications of adjusting productivity statistics for a variable rate of capacity utilisation of capital. Capacity utilisation data from the New Zealand Institute…
It Takes a Team...Report to the Ministry of Health on a proposed national service improvement plan for gynaecological cancer services. Last Publication Date: 29 Sep 2012 In 2010, the Ministry of Health commissioned a report into current gynaecological cancer services and the options for improvement. The report was developed in collaboration with…
Evaluation of the Bowel Screening Pilot Last Publication Date: 04 Sep 2012 The Ministry of Health has contracted Litmus and Sapere Research Group to undertake an evaluation of the four-year Bowel Screening Pilot, which began in the Waitemata…
Personalised Medicine in New Zealand – think piece Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2012 This think piece provides a high-level overview of Personalised Medicine and its potential impact on future healthcare. In the near future, improving understanding of the genomic basis…
Update of evidence for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing in asymptomatic men Last Publication Date: 31 Aug 2012 An evidence-based summary of current New Zealand and overseas evidence to inform best practice in the use of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening in asymptomatic men.
