03.02.01.05. How are long-term care budgets allocated and dispersed, across levels of the long- term care system? Do budgets get dispersed through geographical areas? | New Zealand

03.02.01.05. How are long-term care budgets allocated and dispersed, across levels of the long- term care system? Do budgets get dispersed through geographical areas? | New Zealand

15 Sep 2022

LTC budgets are allocated to each of the 20 District Health Boards (DHBs) who then allocate funding to the different services (Ministry of Health, 2016). DHB funding in turn is calculated on a population-based funding formula (PBFF) which assigns a higher weighting to people with higher health needs, Māori and Pacific people, and people who are financially less well off (The Treasury, 2017).

 References:

Ministry of Health. (2016). DHB spending on services for older people. Ministry of Health website. Available from: https://www.health.govt.nz/nz-health-statistics/health-statistics-and-data-sets/older-peoples-health-data-and-stats/dhb-spending-services-older-people.

Social Workers Registration Board website. Available from: https://swrb.govt.nz/.

The Treasury. (2017). District Health Board Financial Performance to 2016 and 2017 Plans. Available from: https://treasury.govt.nz/sites/default/files/2017-05/dhb-performance-feb17.pdf.