Dear Thai Quoc Khanh

I refer to your email of 28 September 2018, requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
1.        The number of inpatients (or discharges) in age groups at each
DHB from 2009 to 2017; if possible, please classify into ethnic group.
2.        The population in each DHB from 2009 to 2017; if possible,
please separate into ethnic group.
3.        Age and sex distribution for each DHB every year (2009 - 2017).
4.        Socio-economic status measures used for each DHB every year
(2009 - 2017).
5.        The readmission data for each DHB from 2009 - 2017

     
We would like to clarify question 4, Socio-economic status measures used
for each DHB every year (2009 - 2017). Can you please define the term
socio-economic status, as this term can be interpreted in a number of
ways.

Please note that any clarification or amendment of a request is considered
to be a new request for the purpose of calculating the maximum statutory
timeframe for response - see section 15(1AA) of the Official Information
Act.
I look forward to your advice clarifying the OIA request.

Ministerial Services (OIA)
[Ministry of Health request email]  

Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
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From:        Thai Quoc Khanh
<[FOI #8781 email]>
To:        OIA/LGOIMA requests at Ministry of Health <[Ministry of Health request email]>,
Date:        28/09/2018 09:09 p.m.
Subject:        Official Information request - Statistics on DHB
activities and demographics

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Dear Ministry of Health,

Could you please provide me information related to statistics on
activities and demographics of each DHB over the period from 2009 to 2017
as follows:

1. The number of inpatients (or discharges) in age groups at each DHB from
2009 to 2017; if possible, please classify into ethnic group.
2. The population in each DHB from 2009 to 2017; if possible, please
separate into ethnic group.
3. Age and sex distribution for each DHB every year (2009 - 2017).
4. Socio-economic status measures used for each DHB every year (2009 -
2017).
5. The readmission data for each DHB from 2009 - 2017

I very much appreciate for you help and it would be helpful if the data
are provided in excel spreadsheet format.

Yours faithfully,

Thai Quoc Khanh

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Dear Thai Quoc Khanh

Please accept our apologies for the delay in sending you this
acknowledgement of your request for official information dated 28
September 2018.
You have requested following information under the Official Information
Act 1982:

Could you please provide me information related to statistics on
activities and demographics of each DHB over the period from 2009 to 2017
as follows:

1. The number of inpatients (or discharges) in age groups at each DHB from
2009 to 2017; if possible, please classify into ethnic group.
2. The population in each DHB from 2009 to 2017; if possible, please
separate into ethnic group.
3. Age and sex distribution for each DHB every year (2009 - 2017).
4. Socio-economic status measures used for each DHB every year (2009 -
2017).
5. The readmission data for each DHB from 2009 - 2017

The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H201806640.

As required under the Act we will endeavour to respond to your request no
later than 29 October 2018, being 20 working days after the day your
request was received.  

If we are unable to respond to your request within this time frame, we
will notify you of an extension of that time frame.

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.
 
Yours sincerely,

Jan Torres
Advisor
Ministerial Services (OIA)
[Ministry of Health request email]
Ministerial Services  l  Government Services  l  Office of the Director
General

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Dear Thai Quoc Khanh

Please find attached response to your information request.

Sincerely

Margee Do
Senior Advisor, OIA Services

Ministerial Services (OIA)
[Ministry of Health request email]  

Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
[1]www.health.govt.nz

From:        Thai Quoc Khanh
<[FOI #8781 email]>
To:        OIA/LGOIMA requests at Ministry of Health <[Ministry of Health request email]>,
Date:        28/09/2018 09:09 p.m.
Subject:        Official Information request - Statistics on DHB
activities and demographics

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Dear Ministry of Health,

Could you please provide me information related to statistics on
activities and demographics of each DHB over the period from 2009 to 2017
as follows:

1. The number of inpatients (or discharges) in age groups at each DHB from
2009 to 2017; if possible, please classify into ethnic group.
2. The population in each DHB from 2009 to 2017; if possible, please
separate into ethnic group.
3. Age and sex distribution for each DHB every year (2009 - 2017).
4. Socio-economic status measures used for each DHB every year (2009 -
2017).
5. The readmission data for each DHB from 2009 - 2017

I very much appreciate for you help and it would be helpful if the data
are provided in excel spreadsheet format.

Yours faithfully,

Thai Quoc Khanh

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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
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Dear Thai Quoc Khanh

The hospital discharges includes all publicly funded hospitalisations
reported under that agency code.  This means that, in general, if a DHB
contracts a private facility to do specific surgical work it will be
counted under that agency code.  It will depend on the nature of the
contract though.  Inter-district flows are not directly contracted so are
more likely to reflect the agency that provided the service.  Hence you'll
see higher volumes (if adjusted for population size) in the agencies which
manage the bigger regional hospitals (Auckland, Capital & Coast,
Canterbury, etc.).

Please note that there was an error in the 2014 data. Please find attached
updated spreadsheet that reflect the changes for 2014 data for the funded
population.

I trust this clarifies your questions.

Sincerely

Margee Do
Senior Advisor, OIA Services

Ministerial Services (OIA)
[Ministry of Health request email]  

Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
[1]www.health.govt.nz

From:        Thai Quoc Khanh
<[FOI #8781 email]>
To:        OIA/LGOIMA requests at Ministry of Health <[Ministry of Health request email]>,
Date:        06/11/2018 03:35 a.m.
Subject:        Re: Response to your information request - H201806640

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Dear Ministry of Health,

Thank you very much for your response on 02 November (Ref: H201806640).
However, I found that the data on Maori population in 2013/14 might not be
consistent with the remaining years. Accordingly, the number of Maori
population in 2013/14 is about 2.1 million which is much higher than the
average number in the other years  (about 700,000 people). Could you
please kindly double check this figure and provide me the correct numbers?

Regarding the discharged patients, I wonder wether the number of
discharges at each DHB include the outsourced activities and
inter-districts flows. If possible, I very much appreciate if you could
explain me more details on the scope of the statistics on discharges at
each DHB.

Thank you very much for your help,  

Yours faithfully,

Thai Quoc Khanh
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Dear Thai Quoc Khanh

Thank you for your email dated 6 November 2018 requesting the following
information under the Official Information Act 1982:

Thank you very much for your response on 02 November (Ref: H201806640).
However, I found that the data on Maori population in 2013/14 might not be
consistent with the remaining years. Accordingly, the number of Maori
population in 2013/14 is about 2.1 million which is much higher than the
average number in the other years  (about 700,000 people). Could you
please kindly double check this figure and provide me the correct numbers?

Regarding the discharged patients, I wonder wether the number of
discharges at each DHB include the outsourced activities and
inter-districts flows. If possible, I very much appreciate if you could
explain me more details on the scope of the statistics on discharges at
each DHB.

The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H201807447.

As required under the Act we will endeavour to respond to your request no
later than 4 December 2018, being 20 working days after the day your
request was received.  

If we are unable to respond to your request within this time frame, we
will notify you of an extension of that time frame.

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.
 
Yours sincerely,

Ministerial Services (OIA)
[Ministry of Health request email]
Ministerial Services  l  Government Services  l  Office of the Director
General

[1]http://www.health.govt.nz
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