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New Zealand health system
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Overview
The vision across the health system is Pae Ora | healthy futures for all New Zealanders – where people live longer healthier lives.
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Key organisations
Information on key organisations and people in New Zealand’s health and disability system.
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Health System Indicators framework
The Health System Indicators framework measures and reports how well our health and disability system is doing for New Zealanders.
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Eligibility for public health services
This section is a guide to publicly funded health and disability services in New Zealand. There is information for service users, and resources for service providers to check eligibility.
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Claims, provider payments and entitlements
This section contains pages on the various claims, provider payments and entitlements processed by Sector Operations.
- Agreement management
- Artificial eyes subsidy
- Breast prosthesis subsidy
- Carer Support
- Contact lens subsidy
- Dental claim and enrolment forms
- Dialysis while on holiday
- General Medical Services
- High Use Health Card payments
- Immunisation subsidy
- In-Between Travel Settlement
- Laboratory
- Maternity claim forms
- Mental health
- National Health Index
- National travel assistance claims
- Needs Assessment and Service Coordination
- Nicotine Replacement Therapy
- Notifiable diseases
- Patient refund service
- Pharmacy
- Practice nurse subsidy
- Primary health organisations
- Provider payments
- Residential care
- Resources
- Salary subsidy service payment
- Special Authority
- Special Sessional Scheme
- Stump sock subsidy
- Wigs and hairpieces subsidy
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Publicly funded health services
Government funding of health and disability services means that eligible people may receive free inpatient and outpatient public hospital services, subsidies on prescription items and a range of support services for people with disabilities in the community.
NZ Health Strategy
The strategy sets the direction of health services to improve the health of people and communities.
Pay equity settlement
In 2017, the Government announced a $2 billion pay equity settlement for 55,000 care and support workers in New Zealand’s aged and disability residential care and home and community support services. Find out more.
System Level Measures Framework
System Level Measures are high-level goals of the health system that help show the outcomes of the system.
Board appointments
The Minister of Health has statutory responsibility for appointment of members to a range of statutory authorities.