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Health service utilisation > Māori health providers

The following results are restricted to Māori adults, because the numbers of non-Māori adults using these services were too small to produce reliable estimates.

Table 36: Māori health provider indicators

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Indicator	Māori
	Males	Females	Total
Seen a Māori health provider in the last 12 months, 15+ years, percent (self-reported) 1,2 *	11.0 (8.0-14.1)	16.3 (12.6-20.0)	13.7 (11.3-16.0)
Unmet need for Māori health provider, 15+ years, percent (self-reported) 1,2 *	3.6 (1.7-5.5)	8.3 (5.5-11.1)	5.9 (4.3-7.6)

Notes:
¹ Age-standardised to 2001 Census total Māori population
² Prioritised Māori ethnic group - see Methods and Data Sources section for further information.
Source:^* 2002/03 New Zealand Health Survey

Almost 14 percent of Māori adults had seen a Māori health provider in the last 12 months. Māori females were more likely than Māori males to have seen a Māori health provider, however this difference was not significant.

Six percent of Māori adults reported an unmet need for a Māori health provider in the last 12 months. Māori females were more likely to have an unmet need than Māori males, although again this difference was not significant.

Doctors and nurses were the most common type of health care worker seen at a Māori health provider (see Figure 13 below). The level of satisfaction with Māori health providers was high among both males and females, with 95.3 percent of Māori females and 94.4 percent of Māori males reporting they were either satisfied or very satisfied with their Māori health provider.

Estimated funding specifically for Māori health providers accounts for only about 3 percent of health and disability expenditure with the overwhelming proportion of health and disability funding going to mainstream providers (Ministry of Health 2005b).

Figure 13: Top nine types of health care worker seen at Māori health provider, 15+ years

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Notes:
¹ Age-standardised to 2001 Census total Māori population. Prioritised Māori ethnic group - see Methods and Data Sources section for further information.
Source: 2002/03 New Zealand Health Survey
Text description: This graph shows the top nine types of health care worker seen at a Māori health provider for adults aged 15 years and over. Doctors and nurses were the most common type of health care worker seen at a Māori health provider.

The most common reason Māori males chose a Māori health provider was because a friend/relative or some other person referred them. For Māori females, the most common reason for choosing a Māori health provider was that they felt more comfortable talking to someone who understands their culture.

Figure 14: Top eight reasons for choosing Māori health provider, 15+ years

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Notes:
¹ Age-standardised to 2001 Census total Māori population. Prioritised Māori ethnic group - see Methods and Data Sources section for further information.
Source: 2002/03 New Zealand Health Survey
Text description: This graph shows the top eight reasons for choosing a Māori health provider for adults aged 15 years and over. The most common reason Māori males chose a Māori health provider was because a friend/relative or some other person referred them. For Māori females, the most common reason for choosing a Māori health provider was that they felt more comfortable talking to someone who understands their culture.

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Reference:
Ministry of Health. 2005b. The Annual Report 2004/05 Including The Health and Independence Report: Annual Report for the Year Ended 30 June 2005: Director General of Health's Annual Report on the State of Public Health 2005. Wellington: Ministry of Health.

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