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National Comparison of DHBs for
September 2004

This table provides a high-level comparative summary across all DHBs for each of the eight indicators. It allows you to see both the actual result and also a standardised value, which allows the reader to compare DHB results irrespective of their size. Click on a heading within the table below to view an explanation of that part of the table.

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The ESPI result at the end of a month A standardised value that allows the reader to compare ESPI results. Click to continue explanation >> The change needed in the ESPI result (Level) in order to make the Status turn green The name of the 21 District Health Boards (DHBs) in New Zealand An "X" means no data is available and no ESPI result has been calculated Following a request for a specialist opinion, the patient and their primary care practitioner are to be advised within 10 days...click to continue explanation >> All patients accepted for an FSA should be seen within six months of the date of referral.   The goal is to have no patients waiting more than six months for an FSA. If resources and patient mix remain the same, a service will be able to treat in the future the same volume of patients it has in the past. Click to continue explanation >> Following specialist assessment, all patients should know if and/or when they will receive treatment. Cick to continue explanation >> All patients given a commitment to treatment should receive it within six months. The goal is to ensure no patients with this status remain untreated after six months. Active review is a care pathway for patients for whom elective surgery is considered to be the best option for their care, but where: this service is not available within the current public funding or provider capacity; and there is a realistic probability that the patient's condition may meet the threshold for treatment in the foreseeable future. Click to continue explanation >> All patients should be assigned a status appropriate to their priority and managed according to that status. Click to continue explanation >> A number of tools are available to assist clinicians to assign a priority to patients. Click to continue explanation >> The ESPI result at the end of a month The ESPI result at the end of a month The ESPI result at the end of a month The ESPI result at the end of a month The ESPI result at the end of a month The ESPI result at the end of a month A standardised value that allows the reader to compare ESPI results. Click to continue explanation >> A standardised value that allows the reader to compare ESPI results. Click to continue explanation >> A standardised value that allows the reader to compare ESPI results. Click to continue explanation >> A standardised value that allows the reader to compare ESPI results. Click to continue explanation >> A standardised value that allows the reader to compare ESPI results. Click to continue explanation >> A standardised value that allows the reader to compare ESPI results. Click to continue explanation >> A standardised value that allows the reader to compare ESPI results. Click to continue explanation >> The change needed in the ESPI result (Level) in order to make the Status turn green The change needed in the ESPI result (Level) in order to make the Status turn green The change needed in the ESPI result (Level) in order to make the Status turn green The change needed in the ESPI result (Level) in order to make the Status turn green The change needed in the ESPI result (Level) in order to make the Status turn green The change needed in the ESPI result (Level) in order to make the Status turn green The change needed in the ESPI result (Level) in order to make the Status turn green An "X" means no data is available and no ESPI result has been calculated The ESPI result at the end of a month