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Five priorities to put the health system back on track - NZIER Insight 115

After years of denial that a crisis was unfolding, the moment of truth has well and truly arrived. In this NZIER Insight, we propose five priorities to get the system back on track and heading in the right direction. Read more

Building a healthy future: The potential scale of investment in Crown-owned health infrastructure over the next thirty years

New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga commissioned NZIER to model hospital building costs over the next thirty years. Read more

The silent transition: Understanding the impacts of menopause in New Zealand workplaces

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Hidden costs: The employment and income impacts of later prostate cancer diagnosis in New Zealand men

Using the IDI and propensity score matching methods, NZIER researched the extent to which early detection can reduce the negative employment and income impacts of prostate cancer for New Zealand men. Read more

Economic effects of hearing loss: 2023 update

The New Zealand Hearing Industry Association commissioned NZIER to update our 2020 report, which assessed the social costs of hearing loss and evaluated the economic benefits of mitigating some of the effects of hearing loss. Read more

Community pharmaceuticals : Expenditure trends

NZIER report to Medicines New Zealand. Read more

A question of trust - NZIER Insight 102

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Transforming lives and saving money

A report to Kidney Health NZ. Read more

Hidden in plain sight: Optimising the allied health professions for better, more sustainable integrated care

Allied Health Aotearoa New Zealand (AHANZ) commissioned NZIER to examine the evidence and identify the critical changes that are key to designing a system with fully integrated allied health services aligned with the objectives of the health and disability system reforms. Read more

A critical missing ingredient: The case for increased dietetic input in tier 1 health services

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 optima … Read more

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