Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 8, 2023 4:55:56 GMT 12
CALLS TO INTRODUCE 'ETHNICITY CRITERIA' FOR ALL MEDICATIONS SO MĀORI, PACIFIC PATIENTS CAN ACCESS BETTER HEALTHCARE
Waikato University researchers have found Pharmac's 2021 decision to introduce ethnicity criteria on game-changing diabetes drugs has helped improve inequities in our healthcare system for Māori and Pacific people.
The team, led by Te Whatu Ora endocrinologist and University of Waikato Senior Lecturer Dr Ryan Paul (Ngāti Maru, Hauraki), said Pharmac should now consider rolling out ethnicity criteria for all medications....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2023/06/calls-to-introduce-ethnicity-criteria-for-all-medications-so-m-ori-pacific-patients-can-access-better-healthcare.html
Waikato University researchers have found Pharmac's 2021 decision to introduce ethnicity criteria on game-changing diabetes drugs has helped improve inequities in our healthcare system for Māori and Pacific people.
The team, led by Te Whatu Ora endocrinologist and University of Waikato Senior Lecturer Dr Ryan Paul (Ngāti Maru, Hauraki), said Pharmac should now consider rolling out ethnicity criteria for all medications....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2023/06/calls-to-introduce-ethnicity-criteria-for-all-medications-so-m-ori-pacific-patients-can-access-better-healthcare.html