Primary health care in the Pacific

Mortality and cause of death in the Pacific

“…The frequency between which a cause is reported (at all) and reported as an underlying CoD is affected by disease type with acute conditions having a higher ratio (282). This suggests estimates of 81 death due to acute conditions may provide similar estimates using either underlying…”

Mortality and cause of death in the Pacific

“…The frequency between which a cause is reported (at all) and reported as an underlying CoD is affected by disease type with acute conditions having a higher ratio (282). This suggests estimates of 81 death due to acute conditions may provide similar estimates using either underlying…”

Health and functional status of the elderly in a Polynesian population

“…Many Pacific societies 1 are beginning to experience significant changes in mortality and life expectancy (Newell 1983) such that people aged 65 years and over now comprise an increasing proportion of the population, more than the 4% typical of Third World nations (Hoover & Siegel 1986). Oceania has neither rich industrial nor extremely poor under-developed nations.…”

“…Massive financial aid from New Zealand and international agencies is the source of most Niuean health care dollars (Connell 1983;Niue Government 1982b). Like many Pacific nations Niue spends around two to three times as much per capita on health care as is typical in the Third World (Newell 1983). Medical services are two-tiered, with a strong centralized hospital tier run by health professionals, supported by a smaller and much weaker peripheral tier of district workers and clinics.…”

“…Medical services are two-tiered, with a strong centralized hospital tier run by health professionals, supported by a smaller and much weaker peripheral tier of district workers and clinics. A "ghost" third tier exists (Newell 1983) in that cases requiring specialist surgery or consultation, or urgent intensive care are evacuated by air, usually to New Zealand.…”

Mortality and cause of death in the Pacific

“…The frequency between which a cause is reported (at all) and reported as an underlying CoD is affected by disease type with acute conditions having a higher ratio (282). This suggests estimates of 81 death due to acute conditions may provide similar estimates using either underlying…”

Health and functional status of the elderly in a Polynesian population

“…Many Pacific societies 1 are beginning to experience significant changes in mortality and life expectancy (Newell 1983) such that people aged 65 years and over now comprise an increasing proportion of the population, more than the 4% typical of Third World nations (Hoover & Siegel 1986). Oceania has neither rich industrial nor extremely poor under-developed nations.…”

“…Massive financial aid from New Zealand and international agencies is the source of most Niuean health care dollars (Connell 1983;Niue Government 1982b). Like many Pacific nations Niue spends around two to three times as much per capita on health care as is typical in the Third World (Newell 1983). Medical services are two-tiered, with a strong centralized hospital tier run by health professionals, supported by a smaller and much weaker peripheral tier of district workers and clinics.…”

“…Medical services are two-tiered, with a strong centralized hospital tier run by health professionals, supported by a smaller and much weaker peripheral tier of district workers and clinics. A "ghost" third tier exists (Newell 1983) in that cases requiring specialist surgery or consultation, or urgent intensive care are evacuated by air, usually to New Zealand.…”

Mortality and cause of death in the Pacific

“…The frequency between which a cause is reported (at all) and reported as an underlying CoD is affected by disease type with acute conditions having a higher ratio (282). This suggests estimates of 81 death due to acute conditions may provide similar estimates using either underlying…”

Health and functional status of the elderly in a Polynesian population

“…Many Pacific societies 1 are beginning to experience significant changes in mortality and life expectancy (Newell 1983) such that people aged 65 years and over now comprise an increasing proportion of the population, more than the 4% typical of Third World nations (Hoover & Siegel 1986). Oceania has neither rich industrial nor extremely poor under-developed nations.…”

“…Massive financial aid from New Zealand and international agencies is the source of most Niuean health care dollars (Connell 1983;Niue Government 1982b). Like many Pacific nations Niue spends around two to three times as much per capita on health care as is typical in the Third World (Newell 1983). Medical services are two-tiered, with a strong centralized hospital tier run by health professionals, supported by a smaller and much weaker peripheral tier of district workers and clinics.…”

“…Medical services are two-tiered, with a strong centralized hospital tier run by health professionals, supported by a smaller and much weaker peripheral tier of district workers and clinics. A "ghost" third tier exists (Newell 1983) in that cases requiring specialist surgery or consultation, or urgent intensive care are evacuated by air, usually to New Zealand.…”