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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
- Report on the performance of general practices in Whānau Ora collectives as at June 2014
- The Midlands Prostate Cancer Study: Understanding the pathways of care for men with localised prostate cancer
- Report on the performance of general practices in Whānau Ora collectives as at March 2014
- Does cost drive primary care patients to New Zealand’s emergency departments? A systematic review
- New Zealand Health Survey: Annual update of key findings 2012/13
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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 and Independence Report 2013
- The health of Māori adults and children
- New Zealand Health Survey: Annual update of key findings 2012/13
- The health of New Zealand adults 2011/12: Key findings of the New Zealand Health Survey
International Literature
- International survey of older adults (including New Zealand) investigates access, coordination, and patient-centered care
- Adherence to diabetes medication: A systematic review
- ‘You say treatment, I say hard work’: Treatment burden among people with chronic illness and their carers in Australia
- Multinational comparisons of health systems data, 2014
- Frequency of and reasons for medication non-fulfillment and non-persistence among American adults with chronic disease in 2008
