Usual health practitioner

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Usual health practitioner

Table 33: Primary health service utilisation indicators

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Indicator	Māori			non-Māori
Indicator	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Having a usual health practitioner (self-reported), 15+ years, percent^{1, 2}	90.4 (88.2–92.6)	94.3 (93.0–95.6)	92.5 (91.3–93.7)	92.4 (91.5–93.2)	95.5 (94.8–96.2)	94.0 (93.4–94.5)
Among people with a usual health practitioner – practitioner is a GP (self-reported), 15+ years, percent^{1, 2}	97.1 (95.9–98.2)	97.1 (95.9–98.4)	97.1 (96.2–97.9)	97.0 (96.2–97.8)	97.3 (96.6–98.0)	97.1 (96.6–97.7)

Source: 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey

Notes:

Age standardised to 2001 Census total Māori population.
Prioritised Māori ethnic group – see ‘Ngā Tapuae me ngā Raraunga: Methods and Data Sources' for further information.

Seven percent of Māori adults reported usually going to a Māori health provider first when unwell or injured. Māori females were more likely than Māori males to have seen a Māori health provider; however, this difference was not significant. Among Māori who have a Māori health care provider, 83 percent had seen their provider within the past 12 months.

Among Māori males and females who had visited a Māori health care provider in the last 12 months, the most common reason for their visit was because it was cheaper (Figure 16). This was particularly evident for Māori females. The next most common reasons included: the provider was the closest, a friend of relative had referred them and feeling more comfortable talking to someone who understands their culture.

Figure 16: Top eight reasons for visiting a Māori health provider, for those Māori who had visited a Māori health care provider in the last 12 months, 15+ years

Figure 16: Top eight reasons for visiting a Māori health provider, for those Māori who had visited a Māori health care provider in the last 12 months, 15+ years.

Source: 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey

Notes:

Crude rate.
Prioritised Māori ethnic group – see ‘Ngā Tapuae me ngā Raraunga: Methods and Data Sources’ for further information.

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