Developing accountable care systems Lessons from Canterbury, New Zealand

Developing accountable care systems Lessons from Canterbury, New Zealand Canterbury District Health Board (DHB) is responsible for planning, organising, purchasing and providing health and care services for the largest and most highly populated region of New Zealand’s South Island. Like other health systems around the world, Canterbury has faced growing demand for hospital care, and a review in 2007 highlighted unaffordable projections for future hospital demand, poor performance in emergency and elective care, and financial deficits. To address these pressures, Canterbury DHB set out to transform the health system, fundamentally redesigning ways of working. The King's Fund

See also:

• Lessons from Canterbury: Five reasons for hope The King's Fund
• What can the NHS learn from New Zealand? The Guardian