Continuity amid Chaos
Health Care Management and Delivery in New Zealand

Edited by Robin Gauld

Since 1989 there have been four different structures for the New Zealand health sector. The country can now claim to have the 'most restructured' of any of the world's health systems and has captured the attention of researchers and policy-makers worldwide as a result. Despite this interest, there has been limited commentary on the actual management, organization and delivery of services in the sector. There is much to learn from this practical side of health card: the growth of 'by-Maori, for-Maori' service, the resurgence of midwives as leading maternity practitioners, the implementation of patient prioritisation schemes for surgery, and the move towards 'global budget-holding' for the funding of general practitioners. To review what has been happening and how providers have responded to the successive reforms, Robin Gauld has brought together this volume of essays by people managing and delivering health care.

About the author

Robin Gauld is senior lecturer in health policy, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago. He is the author of Revolving Doors: New Zealand's Helath Reforms and co-author of The Hong Kong Health Sector, with Derek Gould.

Publication details

paperback, 304 pages, ISBN 1 877276 51 0, $49.95