Equity Adjuster Score algorithm
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From: Y.C. Cheng
Dear Health New Zealand,
Could you please advise the full/complete algorithm used for the Equity Adjuster Score, which prioritises "patients according to five areas; clinical priority, time spent on the waitlist, geographic location (isolated areas), ethnicity (specifically Māori or Pacific people) and deprivation level." (source: https://www.hinz.org.nz/news/642771/Auck...)
Yours faithfully,
Y.C. Cheng
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Health New Zealand
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From: hnzOIA
Health New Zealand
Kia ora Y.C Cheng
Thank you for your email of 20 June 2023, asking for the following
information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
"Could you please advise the full/complete algorithm used for the Equity
Adjuster Score, which prioritises "patients according to five areas;
clinical priority, time spent on the waitlist, geographic location
(isolated areas), ethnicity (specifically Māori or Pacific people) and
deprivation level."
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From: Mark Fenwick (ADHB)
Kia ora YC Cheng
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