Key Points for Decision Makers
Health economics has had a significant impact on the
New Zealand health system over the past 30 years.
This is particularly the case in relation to the
organisation of the health sector and some aspects of
priority setting (principally, in relation to medicines
and waiting times).
Health economics has been less successfully applied
in terms of priority setting more generally, and there
remain some key gaps, where further health
economics analysis is needed to further improve the
performance of the New Zealand health system.