Dear Thai Quoc Khanh

Thank you for your email dated 23 October 2018 requesting the following
information under the Official Information Act 1982:

1. After collating figures on outpatient data, there exist differences
between data and report. For example, 2013/14 DHB Hospital Caseload
Monitoring Report (summary report in pdf file) provided the "Outpatient
discharge volumes (price weighted)" for Auckland DHB were 34,529 (actual)
and 35,251(plan). However, based on the data provided in excel file
(Outpatient PlanDeliver PU data sheet), by summing the volume of
Cumulative-Delivered Volume will get the total actual outpatient volume
for Auckland DHB was 535,228 (plan volume was 546,677).
Could you please kindly explain me the reasons for gaps in data provided
and which data are should be used to make comparison among the DHBs.

2. In the Schedule 3, DHBs pay for outsourced services. As far as I know,
this might be the money paid for other providers (private sector) to
provide certain services. I just wonder whether the volumes of the
outsourced services have been included in the Caseload Monitoring Report.
If possible, could you please help me to disentangle my concerns? In case
the outsourced volumes have not been incorporated, please provide me
sources of these data at each DHB from 2012 to 2017.

3. In the Schedule 3: Apart from the main costs (personnel, outsourced
services, clinical supplies, and non-clinical supplies) others addition
items also presented as complementary information including: depreciation,
interest costs-private, interest costs-CHFA, and capital charge. I think
these additional items are already incorporated in the operating costs,
however the problem is what type of cost these items are classified in
(clinical or infrastructures and nonclinical supplies). It would be
helpful if you could explain me more on this matter.

The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H201807150.

As required under the Act we will endeavour to respond to your request no
later than 20 November 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 a letter regarding your request for official
information.

Kind regards,
Ministerial Services (OIA)

[Ministry of Health request email]  

Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
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