Health Systems in Transition Vol. 4 No. 2 2014 New Zealand Health System Review Health Systems in Transition Vol. 4 No. 2 2014 New Zealand Health System Review Written by: Jacqueline Cumming, Victoria University of Wellington Janet McDonald, Victoria University of Wellington Colin Barr, Victoria University of Wellington Greg Martin, Victoria University of Wellington Zac Gerring, Victoria University of Wellington Jacob Daubé, Victoria University of Wellington Wellington, New Zealand Edited by: Christian Gericke, The Wesley Research Institute and University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia i WHO Library Cataloguing in Publication Data New Zealand health system review (Health Systems in Transition, Vol.4 No. 2 2014) 1. Delivery of health care. 2. Health care economics and organization. 3. Health care reform. 4. Health systems plans – organization and administration. 5. New Zealand. I. Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. II. World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific. ISBN: 978 92 9061 650 4 (NLM Classification: WA 950) © World Health Organization 2014 (on behalf of the Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies) All rights reserved. Publications of the World Health Organization can be obtained from WHO Press, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland (tel.: +41 22 791 3264; fax: +41 22 791 4857; e-mail:
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