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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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- Secondary prevention and risk factor target achievement in a global, high-risk population with established coronary heart disease: Baseline results from the STABILITY study
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International Literature
- Reduction in saturated fat intake for cardiovascular disease (a Cochrane review)
- 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
- International profiles of health care systems 2014, including New Zealand, published by the Commonwealth Fund
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International Literature
- International profiles of health care systems 2014, including New Zealand, published by the Commonwealth Fund
- Inequalities in non-communicable diseases and effective responses
- Review of the evidence on fall prevention in hospitals (USA)
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- Cochrane review: Multiple risk factor interventions for primary prevention of coronary heart disease
