How Well is the NZ Healthcare System Doing - An International Comparison
By way of background, doing some unrelated work I came across some international data on the healthcare sector which seemed to contradict my, and the conventional wisdom’s, view of the healthcare sector.
Broadly, it is that the sector has been underfunded. That is not what the international data seems to say. By international standards New Zealand healthcare funding appears satisfactory – no worse generally than average. Why then is there so much grumbling which seems to suggest the healthcare system is in crisis?
Healthcare is Not in Crisis; Financing it Is.
Healthcare sector management needs to break away from its obsession with financial information and focus on funding for access.
Health New Zealand recently ‘proactively released’ 454 pages about its financial performance to July 2024. Here is a letter it did not release.
Health System Needs Urgent Care
Healthcare is one of people’s major concerns, and it should be, Gil Barbezat writes.
Repeating comments about our ailing health system begin to sound like a cracked record. Many wonder whether anyone is listening or cares.
How Centralised Should Our Health System Be?
The Government says it will give localities more control over healthcare decisions. But how?
The looming spectres of public–private partnerships
Governments are often short of capital for the provision of costly infrastructure projects. Such infrastructure aims to provide a long-term benefit to society; however, the cost is upfront, so methods of funding that spread the cost over a longer period are attractive to governments.