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Table 3 Summary of DHBs responses to questions about primary care by condition

From: Health equity in the New Zealand health care system: a national survey

 

CHF Median (Range)

CVD Median (Range)

COPD Median (Range)

Stroke Median (Range)

Diabetes Median (Range)

Programs to care for patient with (condition)

5 (0-11)

5 (2-10)

3.5 (0-11)

2 (0-11)

7 (4-11)

Support for group education and consultations for patients with (condition) and their family/whanau

2.5 (0-5)

3 (0-7)

3 (0-7)

1.5 (0-4)

4 (0-8)

Outreach programs for people with (condition)

2 (0-9)

1.5 (0-9)

2 (0-6)

1 (0-10)

4.5 (0-8)

Shared records for (condition)

3 (0-8)

4.5 (0-9)

3 (0-7)

3 (0-7)

5 (1-7)

Ethnic/culture specific programs for (condition)

0 (0-5)

3.5 (0-8)

1 (0-8)

1 (0-4)

6 (0-8)

Nurse led clinics for (condition)

5 (0-9)

5 (0-7)

3.25 (0-8)

4 (0-10)

7 (4-10)

Case/care management for (condition)

4.5 (0-7)

4.5 (0-7)

4 (0-7)

4 (0-10)

5 (4-10)

Community Health Workers (unregulated workers) for (condition)

0 (0-4)

1 (0-6)

1 (0-7)

1 (0-10)

2 (0-8)

Absolute risk assessment for CVD

 

8 (2-10)

   

Local or regional disease register for Diabetes

    

6.25 (2-10)

  1. N = 12 DHBs. Responses to each item were scored on a scale of 0 (no development) to 11 (full development). Results are Median (Range).