Health Administration in New Zealand

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Executive Summary
The purpose of the report is the administration of the healthcare sectors in New Zealand.
Healthcare systems are the basic elements of a country system as it is directly related to the
people welfare and lifestyle management. New Zealand’s health care system is considered to
be one of the strongest healthcare systems in the world. The building block framework of the
WHO shows that the New Zealand healthcare system is quite effective and efficient in
managing the different aspects of it. There are some challenges in human resource
availability in healthcare. The country's government is taking responsibility for solving the
problem through its policies and supports to the hospitals. The report will have the
introduction, systems in the healthcare sector in the selected country evaluated through the
building block framework of WHO. Next, there will be performance evaluation and statement
of the influencing factors in the healthcare sectors. Finally, the conclusion will have the
recommendations for the improvement of the New Zealand Healthcare.

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Table of Contents
Introduction....................................................................................................................3
Healthcare System of New Zealand...............................................................................3
WHO building blocks................................................................................................3
Limitations.................................................................................................................7
Healthcare System Performance....................................................................................8
Overall Health System Performance..........................................................................8
Dimensions of Health System performance...............................................................9
Influencing factors.......................................................................................................10
The complementary framework...............................................................................12
Conclusion....................................................................................................................13
References....................................................................................................................14

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HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Introduction
Healthcare policies are not the same in all the countries. This changes according to
their governmental steps, the measures they make for the funding of the healthcare needs, and
policies of the states. The New Zealand healthcare system is considered to be an excellent
service. The country is full of diversity. Hence the challenges of managing healthcare and all
other facilities in the country are quite challenging. Despite the cultural and geographical
diversities, New Zealand governments have been able to set up a structured and effective
healthcare system. The country has both the private and public healthcare systems on point.
This country’s healthcare system is compared to that of the US and the UK. The country has
limited resources in every sector, yet effective policies, strategic implementation, and
constant changes in the plans make it one of the most prominent names in the healthcare
sectors1. The main reason for selecting this country as the case study for this report is to
analyze the ways the government of New Zealand works in managing their healthcare. The
WHO building blocks will be used to analyze the system through its elements and working
process.
Healthcare System of New Zealand
WHO building blocks
The context of the global health system has changed in recent years. The main reason
is that many of the states have not been able to prove their efficiency in healthcare, and the
population has suffered. The structure of healthcare is not efficiently maintained in most of
the countries. This is the reason that global health initiatives are used for standardizing
healthcare targets. WHO or the World Health Organisation is a specialized agency that works
for the United Nations. This organization is centered on public health aspects. The WHO has
1 Jowsey, T. (2018). Cosmopolitans in Australian and New Zealand Health Care Systems. Sites: a
journal of social anthropology and cultural studies, 15(2)