Population-based funding formulae cultural coefficients: seeking a more equitable distribution of health dollars in New Zealand.

Authors :: Mellsop G
McClintock K
Dutu G
Source :: The New Zealand medical journal [N Z Med J] 2007 Mar 23; Vol. 120 (1251), pp. U2465. Date of Electronic Publication: 2007 Mar 23.
Publication Year :: 2007
Abstract: Evidence and argument for the allocation of funds to forensic psychiatric services to take account of the ethnic disparities in the use of the Justice System is presented. This would reflect the reality of the distribution of Service demand.

Subjects :: Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Humans
Mental Health Services economics
Middle Aged
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander statistics & numerical data
Needs Assessment
New Zealand
Prisons economics
Prisons statistics & numerical data
Forensic Psychiatry economics
Health Care Rationing methods

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