CORPORATE OFFICE
Level 2, H Block
The Princess Margaret Hospital
Telephone: 0064 3 364 4160
Cashmere Road
Fax: 0064 3 364 4101
CHRISTCHURCH
[email address]
5 February 2016
Susan
Email: [FYI request #3462 email];
Dear Susan
Official Information Act request CDHB 9287
We are in receipt of your email dated 11 December 2015 which was transferred to us from the Ministry
of Health under section 12 of the Official Information requesting information relating to:
Statistics on the minimum, average, and maximum CPAC (Clinical Priority Assessment Criteria) scores
for which patients were assessed and scheduled hip and knee total replacement surgery, per DHB
around NZ in 2014 and 2015?
Canterbury DHB
Calendar
Minimum PPC*
Average PPC*
Maximum
Description
Year
score
score
PPC* score
2014
ARTHROPLASTY OF HIP
90
90.4
100
ARTHROPLASTY OF
2014
KNEE
90
90.3
100
2015
ARTHROPLASTY OF HIP
90
90.5
100
ARTHROPLASTY OF
2015
KNEE
90
90.2
100
*PPC (Patient Priority Criteria)
Yours sincerely
Carolyn Gullery
General Manager,
Planning, Funding & Decision Support