Resource library

This literature review focuses on methods used overseas for identifying and reducing unwarranted variation in health care with a view of informing the approach in New Zealand.

This article from The King's Fund explores the possible causes of variation, shows the different ways in which variations can be measured, and analyses variations by PCT in rates of elective hospital admissions for selected procedures.

This is the final report on the collaborative to prevent central line associated bacteraemia (CLAB).

KPMG has developed a report on the development of patient experience indicators for New Zealand for the Commission.

The Commission's annual report for the period 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013 is available to download below.

Health Quality and Safety Indicator report 'Describing the quality of New Zealand's health and disability services'.

The Commission's annual report for the period 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 is available to download below.

In its Fifth Report to the Minister of Health (2009), the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee (CYMRC) noted that systems to review non-traffic deaths are inconsistent and less well developed compared with systems to review traffic deaths.

Special Report: The involvement of alcohol consumption in the deaths of children and young people in New Zealand during the years 2005–2007

The Commission's annual report for the period 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011 is available to download below.