title: Health system coordination: a New Zealand viewpoint.
abstract: This paper explores the thesis that a series of impasses have developed in the New Zealand health system for historical reasons and in the absence of a central philosophy determining the shape development of the service: resolution of these blocks to development of a coordinated system requires urgent attention. However, a satisfactory solution seems unlikely, unless New Zealand redevelops a central philosophy for its health service.
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000266:history*; D003710:Demography; D005544:Forecasting; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D012922:Social Change