Working Papers on Health

The documents below outline key issues facing the funding of the New Zealand health sector.

Working Paper No.1 is by independent researcher and policy analyst Lyndon Keene and details the impact of New Zealand's ageing population on health costs.

Working Paper No.2 by CTU Policy Director and Economist Bill Rosenberg analyses by how much health spending must increase in the May 2010 Budget for services simply to stand still.

The Health Vote spreadsheet details the figures used in the analysis of Working Paper No.2.

Working Paper No.3 is an analysis of the shortfall in health funding in the 2010 Budget as announced in the Health Vote compared to the pre-budget analysis in Working Paper 2. See also the CTU's full Budget 2010 analysis at http://union.org.nz/budget2010.

See also NZ's public health care at crossroads, an opinion piece by Lyndon Keene in The Press, published on 3 May 2010 prior to the Budget.

Working Paper No.4 is an anlysis By Dr Bill Rosenberg of the Vote:Health allocation in Budget 2011.

Working Paper No.5 argues the case against the increased use of the Private sector in health

Working paper No.6  examines the primary health care system and proposes a  model which could reduce  avoidable hospital admissions and is more suited to modern employment needs.   

The submission to Health Benefits Limited form NZCTU is on their indicative case for change: finance, procurement and supply chain.