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Equity – the only thing that matters in rebuilding a failed healthcare system
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Equity – the only thing that matters in rebuilding a failed healthcare system
Tuesday 14 May 2019, 11:41 AM

Bryn Jones is a Kahungunu GP with expertise in health policy, Māori health and action to achieve health equity
Bryn Jones is intolerant of a health system that continues to fail those with the least agency and autonomy. It’s long past time health services made health equity for Māori the primary goal, he writes
Inequity and unsustainable costs are inextricably linked; both are driven by a reluctance to invest in the early years, and reckless spending on low-v
References
Chin MH, King PT, Jones RG, et al. Lessons for achieving health equity comparing Aotearoa/New Zealand and the United States. Health Policy 2018; online 14 May. https://bit.ly/2IWF8YJ