New Zealand's Health NZ discontinued ethnicity-based prioritization in non-urgent surgical waitlists.

New Zealand's Health NZ discontinued using an equity adjustor tool that prioritized ethnicity among five factors in non-urgent surgical waitlists due to it not following "best practice." The tool also considered factors like clinical priority, time on waitlist, geographic location, and deprivation level. The decision comes after a review that revealed benefits were inconclusive and called for improvements in data quality and alignment with best practices.

July 31, 2024
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