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title: "A critical missing ingredient: The case for increased dietetic input in tier 1 health services"
description: Dietitians New Zealand commissioned NZIER to analyse the available data to estimate the supply of and need for dietetic input in publicly-funded health services for people with cancer, diabetes and mental illness.
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# [A critical missing ingredient: The case for increased dietetic input in tier 1 health services](https://www.nzier.org.nz/publications/a-critical-missing-ingredient-the-case-for-increased-dietetic-input-in-tier-1-health-services)

 Written by [The NZIER Team](https://www.nzier.org.nz/publications/author/the-nzier-team) | April 21, 2021

Dietitians New Zealand commissioned NZIER to analyse the available data to estimate the supply of and need for dietetic input in publicly-funded health services for people with cancer, diabetes and mental illness, and to identify, in light of any identified unmet need, what the optimal role would be for dietitians in the future health and disability system.

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