RESEARCH Open Access Health equity in the New Zealand health care system: a national survey
| Title: | RESEARCH Open Access Health equity in the New Zealand health care system: a national survey |
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| Authors: | Nicolette F Sheridan; Timothy W Kenealy; Martin J Connolly; Faith Mahony; P Alan Barber; Mary Anne Boyd; Peter Carswell; Janet Clinton; Gerard Devlin; Robert Doughty; Lorna Dyall; Ngaire Kerse; John Kolbe; Ross Lawrenson; Allan Moffitt |
| Contributors: | The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| Source: | ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/83/e9/Int_J_Equity_Health_2011_Oct_20_10_45.tar.gz |
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| Description: | Introduction: In all countries people experience different social circumstances that result in avoidable differences in health. In New Zealand, Māori, Pacific peoples, and those with lower socioeconomic status experience higher levels of chronic illness, which is the leading cause of mortality, morbidity and inequitable health outcomes. Whilst the health system can enable a fairer distribution of good health, limited national data is available to measure health equity. Therefore, we sought to find out whether health services in New Zealand were equitable by |
| Document Type: | text |
| File Description: | application/zip |
| Language: | English |
| Relation: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.288.2397 |
| Availability: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.288.2397 |
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| Accession Number: | edsbas.D5347BA9 |
| Database: | BASE |