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The Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre (HIIRC) is your source of knowledge to improve New Zealand’s health care system. Sponsored by the Ministry of Health, HIIRC has been developed to support performance and quality improvement efforts.
Important note: This site is no longer being actively maintained and is presented here as an online archive. While it still contains a wealth of useful information, visitors who want to receive the latest health information should register to receive the fortnightly email Digest. This will link you directly to articles of interest in the key areas covered by this site. You can register for the Digest here.
The Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre (HIIRC) is your source of knowledge to improve New Zealand’s health care system. Sponsored by the Ministry of Health, HIIRC has been developed to support performance and quality improvement efforts.
Important note: This site is no longer being actively maintained and is presented here as an online archive. While it still contains a wealth of useful information, visitors who want to receive the latest health information should register to receive the fortnightly email Digest. This will link you directly to articles of interest in the key areas covered by this site. You can register for the Digest here.
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NZ Literature Abstracts
- Annual update of key results 2013/14: New Zealand Health Survey
- Report on the performance of general practices in Whānau Ora collectives as at June 2014
- Report on the performance of general practices in Whānau Ora collectives as at March 2014
- The health of Māori adults and children, 2011–2013
- Regional results from the 2011-2013 New Zealand Health Survey
International Literature
- Psychological interventions for parents of children and adolescents with chronic illness (Cochrane review)
- Personalised care planning for adults with chronic or long-term health conditions (Cochrane Review)
- Blood pressure control for diabetic retinopathy (Cochrane review)
- Prediction of heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus — A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Preventing the progression to Type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults at high risk: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of lifestyle, pharmacological and surgical interventions
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NZ Literature Abstracts
- Reorienting the New Zealand health care system to meet the challenge of long-term conditions in a fiscally constrained environment
- Health status of New Zealand European, Māori, and Pacific patients with diabetes in 242 New Zealand general practices
- Metro-Auckland Pacific population health profile
- Diabetes: To reduce the incidence and impact of diabetes: DHB Toolkit
- Health and Independence Report 2013
International Literature
- IDF Diabetes Atlas: Global estimates of the prevalence of diabetes for 2011 and 2030
- Inpatient care for people with diabetes: The economic case for change (England)
- International profiles of health care systems 2014, including New Zealand, published by the Commonwealth Fund
- Health at a Glance: Asia/Pacific 2012 (OECD)
- Self-care of school-age children with diabetes: An integrative review
