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Article: The challenges of caring for rural communities: New Zealand's rural population deserves the same quality of health care as all other New Zealanders. But there are unique challenges in providing care to rural communities.(NEWS FOCUS)
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- Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand
- Article date:
- April 1, 2009
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Rural health care in New Zealand is dependent on a "fragile" model of care, according to the New Zealand Institute of Rural Health. This model of care is heavily dependent on general practitioners (GPs), who are a declining and ageing population. But this is not the only model. Health care to rural New Zealanders is delivered via an amalgam of models--rural nurse specialists providing the first port of call; rural hospitals providing aged care and some obstetric care; base hospitals providing a range of specialties; district health board (DHB)-owned general practices; Maori and iwi providers; primary health organisations (PHOs), as well as ...
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