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Ambulatory Sensitive Hospitalisation ISDR - ages 45 to 64 years (12 months to 30 Sep 2009)<br />

Indirectly Standardised Discharge Rate per 1,000<br />

Māori Pacific peoples Other<br />

West Coast Actual ASH rate 8 n/a 152<br />

ISDR value for Year to Date 35.1 n/a 90.4<br />

West Coast DHB overall total discharge rates per 1000 for ambulatory sensitive<br />

hospitalisations, while below the average of 100, does not vary significantly from the overall<br />

national rates at the 99% confidence interval.<br />

Current issues<br />

Areas where there is still room for improvement include:<br />

total numbers of patients enrolled in LTC<br />

percentage of patients meeting clinical KPIs, e.. target lipid, BP, HbA1c levels<br />

closing of inequality gaps, eg. smoking levels<br />

integration of care for Level 3 patients (who have high hospitalisation rates), with a<br />

focus on preventing acute exacerbations and avoiding hospital admissions<br />

more support for those Level 3 patients who have difficulty accessing the health and<br />

social systems and would benefit from kaiawhina and/or health navigator assistance<br />

closer co-ordination and greater consistency of care between clinical nurse specialists<br />

(CNS) and medical centres and allied health and medical centres<br />

more support for patients self care is required .<br />

4 Objectives<br />

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To increase implementation of the programme so that over 70% of all patients with<br />

COPD, CVD and/or diabetes have an annual review followed by a timely package of care<br />

appropriate for their level of need.<br />

Development of a Māori team within each Integrated Family Health Centre (IFHC) who<br />

will focus on improving access and health outcomes for Māori.<br />

To review the management of Level 3 patients and enhance the integration between<br />

general practice care and AT&R, <strong>Care</strong> Link and nurse specialist care and allied heath.<br />

To enable and empower people in the community to obtain process and understand health<br />

information and services needed to make appropriate decisions about their health.<br />

To develop health navigator support services for Level 3 patients who have difficulty<br />

accessing health care and social services.<br />

Business case appendices V12 AC 25Feb2010 Page 45

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