Obligations to Hauora Māori: Māori general practices — a right to lead health services

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Obligations to Hauora Māori: Māori general practices — a right to lead health services

By Nicolette Sheridan, Rawiri McKree Jansen, Matire Harwood, Tim Kenealy and Tom Love
Te Rau Karamu Marae Massey Wellington
Connections to all things are implicit in the wharenui (Te Whaioranga o Te Whaiao) of Te Rau Karamu Marae on Massey University’s Pukeahu Campus in Te Whanganui-a-Tara [Image: supplied]

A research team has produced the largest-ever dataset on general practice in New Zealand. Research leads Nicolette Sheridan, Rawiri McKree Jansen, Matire Harwood, Tim Kenealy and Tom Love report on Māori patient health outcomes in all models of general practice. They found Māori-owned and governed practices were steeped in caring for whānau and devoted more clinical time to their patients.

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Our study included 660,752 Māori patients enrolled in 924 practices; of these practices, 65 Māori-owned practices enrolled 124,854 Māori patients at S, Nicolette Sheridan 2022, Nicolette Sheridan