Deaths in Aged Care Facilities - 12 years of Monthly Data
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From: Chris McCashin
Dear Ministry of Health,
Could you please provide a data set in Excel or csv file with the following columns - for the last 12 years by month to the end of this year for the whole of New Zealand.
Column 1 to 5
- Residential Facility Name
- Level of Care (E.g. Rest Home, Dementia, Hospital Level)
- Physical Address
- Geocoded Location - NZTM
- DHB within which the Residential Care Facility resides
Column 6 - Number of Residents at the Start of the Period
Column 7 - Deaths During Period - whether the person died in the facility or in another facility (such as a public hospital)
Column 8 - Age Group at Death (in 10 year bands)
I would expect that these numbers are available from the MoH's payment system for residential care, or a national dataset collated from DHB systems. Residents should be able to be counted and tracked via their NHI number (which records their date of death and age at death).
If there are any commercial or privacy issues with the above dataset then please discuss. There may be ways that you can communicate:
A - the % Death Rate per Facility (Column 7 / Column 6)
B - wider Age Groups (e.g. 10 year bands to 90 then everyone above 90)
C - Hide the Facility Name
Please provide raw data
Yours faithfully,
Chris
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From: Chris McCashin <[FOI #21145 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 17 November 2022 21:37
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Deaths in Aged Care Facilities -
12 years of Monthly Data
Dear Ministry of Health,
Could you please provide a data set in Excel or csv file with the
following columns - for the last 12 years by month to the end of this year
for the whole of New Zealand.
Column 1 to 5
- Residential Facility Name
- Level of Care (E.g. Rest Home, Dementia, Hospital Level)
- Physical Address
- Geocoded Location - NZTM
- DHB within which the Residential Care Facility resides
Column 6 - Number of Residents at the Start of the Period
Column 7 - Deaths During Period - whether the person died in the facility
or in another facility (such as a public hospital)
Column 8 - Age Group at Death (in 10 year bands)
I would expect that these numbers are available from the MoH's payment
system for residential care, or a national dataset collated from DHB
systems. Residents should be able to be counted and tracked via their NHI
number (which records their date of death and age at death).
If there are any commercial or privacy issues with the above dataset then
please discuss. There may be ways that you can communicate:
A - the % Death Rate per Facility (Column 7 / Column 6)
B - wider Age Groups (e.g. 10 year bands to 90 then everyone above 90)
C - Hide the Facility Name
Please provide raw data
Yours faithfully,
Chris
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From: Chris McCashin
Dear hnzOIA,
A similar request here received a response
https://fyi.org.nz/request/12581-deaths-...
I require the same data but going back a few more years - please respond identically to the above request
Please note - this letter is dated 2 June 2020.
It mentions that it does not include the total number of people who pay the full cost themselves which is estimated to be around 5,000. Your letter dated 6 December 2022 estimates that the total number of residents who pay for the cost themselves is 2,000. That seems to be an awful lot of people who have died in the last few years. If those two numbers are accurate as at that date then 60% of these people that had paid themselves have either died or disappeared? Is that a cause for concern?
Please provide the data similar to the previous response
Yours sincerely,
Chris McCashin
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Kia ora Chris
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 on 6
December 2022.
As the request stands, it appears that it may need to be refused under
section 18(f) of the Act, on the basis that the information you want
cannot be made available without substantial collation or research.
Please see your request below:
"A similar request here received a response
https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=15517&...
I require the same data but going back a few more years - please respond
identically to the above request
Please note - this letter is dated 2 June 2020.
It mentions that it does not include the total number of people who pay
the full cost themselves which is estimated to be around 5,000. Your
letter dated 6 December 2022 estimates that the total number of residents
who pay for the cost themselves is 2,000. That seems to be an awful lot
of people who have died in the last few years. If those two numbers are
accurate as at that date then 60% of these people that had paid themselves
have either died or disappeared? Is that a cause for concern?
Please provide the data similar to the previous response."
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Kia ora Chris
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at [1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
Ngâ mihi
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