good news from New Zealand...


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Dear Colleagues

Info on paper in this weeks BMJ

Best wishes

David McDaid
LSE Health and Social Care

Ethnicity, equity, and quality: lessons from New Zealand
K M McPherson, M Harwood, and H K McNaughton
BMJ 2003;327 443-444
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/327/7412/443?etoc

Life expectancy and poorer outcomes associated with ethnicity are important
issues for many countries. National and local developments are making a
difference in New Zealand

"Life expectancy for indigenous people in colonised countries is shorter
than it should be. In New Zealand, Maori die on average 10 years younger
than people of Anglo-European descent. The usual suspects of poverty and
poor socioeconomic opportunities contribute to inequity, but failures in
service organisation and delivery are part of the picture. New Zealand is
not the only colonised nation with higher rates of illness and premature
death, but it is making concerted efforts to address the
disparity..............".

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