Not in my hospital? Ethnic disparities in quality of hospital care in New Zealand: a narrative review of the evidence
Rumball-Smith J - This narrative review studied the evidence for disparities in the quality of public hospital care for Maori and non-Maori in New Zealand. Medline and Embase databases were employed to identify studies assessing quality of care within the New Zealand hospital setting, with the analysis of ethnic groups. The studies obtained from the search were few and varied, using an array of indicators and assessing multiple discrete clinical conditions. Investigators also exhibited differing levels of commitment to the consideration of potential confounding factors. However, there is robust evidence for the existence of healthcare disparities for Maori, in particular related to obstetric intervention and the incidence of potentially avoidable adverse events. [more...]
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