The University of Auckland (UoA) and University of Otago (UoO) have drawn together an overview of New Zealand’s current medical education system and assessment of future options to address the problems the system faces. This is designed to inform Manatū Hauora Ministry of Health’s (MoH) programme of work on the proposed establishment of a third medical school at the University of Waikato (UoW). Read more
Lived experience of affordability as a barrier to prescription medicines: A longitudinal qualitative study
Lived experience of affordability as a barrier to prescription medicines: A longitudinal qualitative study
Exploring lived experience provides insights into the multiple ways that lack of affordability prevents access to medicines: directly, through interaction with other barriers to access including transport, by damaging trust and reducing acceptability of services, and by making participants less able to deal with mistakes made by health professionals.