December 05, 2013
Hospital admissions avoidable
Posted On December 5, 2013
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The Green Party says the analysis of hospital admissions shows Health Minister Tony Ryall is failing Maori and Pacific people.
Spokesperson Kevin Hague says answers to written questions show Maori rates of avoidable hospitalisation are more than double that of the rest of the population.
Pacific rates are almost triple the rest of the population.
He says letting an illness get so bad that people have to be hospitalised is costing the health system and shows that health priorities are misplaced.
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