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Rural health care in New Zealand: Poised for renaissance?
Author(s) -
London Martin
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
australian journal of rural health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.48
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1440-1584
pISSN - 1038-5282
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1584.2002.00466.x
Subject(s) - workforce , bureaucracy , the renaissance , government (linguistics) , optimism , economic growth , health care , political science , rural health , threatened species , public relations , medicine , nursing , public administration , psychology , history , politics , economics , law , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy , art history , ecology , habitat , biology
Despite the idyllic potential, many parts of New Zealand’s rural health services have continued to struggle for want of a workforce whose retention is not threatened by demanding rosters, heavy workloads and overwhelming bureaucracy. There may now be a basis for cautious optimism that a plan to integrate recommendations and trialled initiatives from the past decade may attract sufficient government funding to see a renaissance for rural primary health care. This paper outlines the elements contributing to what may be a last hope before crisis takes over.