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FYI - seminar at LSE this week - again this perspective on health system reform in New Zealand may be of interest to some list members > ______________________________________________ > From: Allin,SM > > Dear All, > > This is a reminder that this Thursday the following seminar will be > taking place. > > An abstract for the talk is below. A sandwich lunch will be provided. > > Sara and Cate > > > > > Thursday 26th June 2008 (12.30-13.45) > How much can we expect of our health care system? The New Zealand > reform period and its aftermath > Professor Peter Davis, Department of Sociology, University of Auckland > *Room G1 - 20 Kingsway > > Abstract > > In the last ten years government funding of health in New Zealand has > nearly doubled in nominal terms. And yet, if we take the media reports > at face value, the health system is still beset with the usual stock > of shortages and quality issues. Is this accurate? Can we expect more > of our health system? Or is it just a matter of rising public > expectations? > The core of this paper is an assessment of the New Zealand health > reforms of the 1990s, with data on hospital productivity and patient > outcomes. The results may surprise, and could have a lesson for our > current discontents. There are also implications for debates on the > future of the NHS, particularly in the light of both recent and mooted > reform. > > > Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/secretariat/legal/disclaimer.htm