Health equity in the New Zealand health care system: A national survey

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sheridan, Nicolette F ^a   Kenealy, Timothy W ^b   Connolly, Martin J ^b,d   Mahony, Faith ^c   Barber, P Alan ^b,e   Boyd, Mary Anne ^d   Carswell, Peter ^c   Clinton, Janet ^c   Devlin, Gerard ^b,f   Doughty, Robert ^b,e   Dyall, Lorna ^c   Kerse, Ngaire ^c   Kolbe, John ^b,e   Lawrenson, Ross ^b,f   Moffitt, Allan ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d WAITEMATA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^e AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^f WAIKATO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^g Division of Medicine Emergency and Integrated Care   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; chronic conditions; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; congestive heart failure; cultural competency; diabetes; health care system; health equity; Mori; stroke

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION; DIABETES; DISEASE CONTROL; EMPLOYMENT; EQUITY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH WORKER; INCENTIVE; MONITORING SYSTEM; MORBIDITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOFTWARE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; STROKE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNICITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FUNDING; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE;

NEW ZEALAND;

PHOS;

EID: 80054709150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-10-45     Document Type: Review

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