Ethnicity is a useful shortcut for identifying need – without it, targeting public services will get harder
- Written by Tim Tenbensel, Professor, Health Policy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
The government’s recent directive that public services should be prioritised “on the basis of need, not race” will make it harder and more time consuming to reach New Zealanders with higher needs.
Focused on ethnicity, the directive failed to recognise that many “proxies” for need – such as age, gender, rural...
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