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Over the past 30 years, the health quality movement has striven to reduce unwarranted variation. In this paper we examine the New Zealand context.

This thematic analysis reviewed all wrong consumer and wrong site always review and report events, reported to Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission by district health boards between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2021.

This paper presents a thematic analysis of severity assessment code (SAC)-1 and 2 adverse events involving Māori and Pacific peoples reported to Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2021.

This project aimed to understand allied health input into the care of major trauma patients and investigate opportunities to improve trauma rehabilitation and enhance patient experiences at Wellington Regional Hospital.

In 2017, the Ministry commissioned this formative evaluation of the National Primary Care Patient Experience Survey tool to assess how well it is working and whether improvements can be made.

Health Quality and Safety Indicator report 'Describing the quality of New Zealand's health and disability services'.

This literature review focuses on methods used overseas for identifying and reducing unwarranted variation in health care with a view of informing the approach in New Zealand.

The 2017 edition of the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Window on the Quality of New Zealand’s Health Care brings our measures up to date and draws out key messages about the quality of New Zealand’s health system.