Table 1.
Levels and Types of Integration in New Zealand 1980s–2010s
| Levels of integration | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micro | Meso | Macro | Micro | Meso | Macro | Micro | Meso | Macro | Micro | Meso | Macro | |
| What is being integrated? | ||||||||||||
| Planning and funding functions | Area Health Boards—Public health, primary and secondary care | Regional Health Authorities—All health and support services Health Funding Authority—All health and support services | District Health Boards—Most services | Regional alliances—Planning/funding for some services; providers included District Health Boards—Most services Whānauora contracts—High needs populations | ||||||||
| Service budgets | Area Health Boards—Public health, primary and secondary care | Some capitation Some pharmaceutical and laboratory budget contracts Global budget (for one Independent Practitioner Association) | Capitation for Primary Health Organisations (first contact services) | Capitation for Primary Health Organisations (first contact services) | ||||||||
| Service Planning and Support | Area Health Boards—Public health and secondary care | Independent Practitioner Associations | Primary Health Organisations | District Health Boards—Public health and secondary care | Primary Health Organisations (amalgamations) | District Health Boards—Public health and secondary care | ||||||
| Services | Area Health Boards—Public health and secondary care | Local initiatives | Local initiatives | District Health Boards—Public health and secondary care | Local initiatives Integrated family health centres and clusters | District Health Boards—Public health and secondary care | ||||||
| Services for a single condition | Integrated care pilots | Integrated care pilots Local initiatives | Local initiatives | Local initiatives | Local initiatives | |||||||
| Services for a specific population | Integrated care pilots | Māori and Pacific Primary Health Organisations | Māori and Pacific Primary Health Organisations Whānauora organisations—Provision for high needs populations | |||||||||
