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Calculating Outcomes Potentially Sensitive to Nursing: A Literature Review

There is a link between nurse staffing, in terms of hours and skill mix, and certain patient outcomes. These outcomes have been identified as being potentially…

The New Zealand Health Survey: Objectives and topic areas August 2010

The New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) is an important data collection tool for monitoring the health of the population. The information collected is an important source…

Mental Health and Addiction Action Plan 2010

The Action Plan describes a work programme of Ministry-led activities in four key areas through to November 2011 to advance the Government's priorities for mental health…

Lifting Māori Productivity – a scoping paper

Productivity is about using resources more efficiently. A better use of resources will deliver a wide range of benefits including higher incomes, better use of the…

Census of Women’s Participation 2010

This is the fourth benchmark report written and published by the New Zealand Human Rights Commission. It expands the coverage of women in public and professional…

The Impact of Immigration and Local Workforce Characteristics on Innovation

We combine firm-level microdata on innovation with area-level workforce characteristics to examine the relationship between local workforce characteristics, especially the presence of immigrants and local skills,…

Sport and recreation in New Zealand Pasifika Communities

One of the fundamental issues underpinning this research is the simple question of why Pasifika should be encouraged to participate in sport and recreation. There is…

National quality improvement programme review: Incident Management

LECG was contracted by the Health Quality and Safety Commission to review the Incident Management and Reporting Programme – a workstream funded via the now disbanded…

Evaluation of the Safe@home project

The safe @ home pilot project is a collaboration between shine, an Auckland-based NGO, and the Avondale Police.The safe @ home service is delivered by shine…

Cancer Trends: Trends in Cancer Incidence by Ethnic and Socioeconomic Group, New Zealand 1981–2004

This report presents trends in ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in the incidence of 28 cancers over a quarter of a century (1981–2004). It is the first…