Primary Health Organisation (PHO) Enrolment Collection

Name Description Data sources Responsible organisation(s) Measure methodology last updated
Hospital admissions for people with gout This measure shows the rate of hospital admissions with a primary diagnosis of gout in those identified with gout per 100,000. Variation in admission rates due to gout may indicate different admission criteria between districts , poor gout control or limited access to primary care. National Minimum Dataset (NMDS), Pharmaceutical Collection (PHARMS), Primary Health Organisation (PHO) Enrolment Collection, Mortality Collection, NZ Cancer Registry, Ministry of Health, National Population Projection - Stats NZ Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora
People with diabetes regularly receiving metformin in the relevant year

This indicator shows the number and percent of people with diabetes receiving metformin regularly. Regular use was defined as metformin dispensed in three or more quarters in a year. 

Pharmaceutical Collection (PHARMS), Primary Health Organisation (PHO) Enrolment Collection, Virtual Diabetes Register (VDR) Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora June 2024
People with diabetes regularly receiving insulin in the relevant year

This indicator shows the number and percent of people with diabetes dispensed insulin regularly. Regular use was defined as insulin dispensed in three or more quarters in a year.

Pharmaceutical Collection (PHARMS), Primary Health Organisation (PHO) Enrolment Collection, Virtual Diabetes Register (VDR) Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora June 2024
People with diabetes admitted to hospital with hypoglycaemia

This indicator shows the number and percent of people with diabetes who are admitted to hospital with hypoglycaemia as the primary diagnosis one or more times in the relevant year.

Pharmaceutical Collection (PHARMS), Primary Health Organisation (PHO) Enrolment Collection, Virtual Diabetes Register (VDR) Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora June 2024
People with diabetes admitted one or more times to hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis

This measure shows the percentage of people with diabetes admitted to hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis as the primary diagnosis.

National Minimum Dataset (NMDS), Primary Health Organisation (PHO) Enrolment Collection, Virtual Diabetes Register (VDR) Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora June 2024
Proportion of medical-surgical bed-days for people with diabetes

This indicator shows the number and proportion of medical-surgical bed-days in people with any diagnosis of diabetes compared to total medical-surgical bed-days.

National Minimum Dataset (NMDS), Primary Health Organisation (PHO) Enrolment Collection, Virtual Diabetes Register (VDR) Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora June 2024
People with diabetes aged 25 years or over regularly receiving an ACEI or ARB in the relevant year

This indicator shows the number and percent of people with diabetes receiving angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) or an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) in three or four quarters in the relevant year

Pharmaceutical Collection (PHARMS), Primary Health Organisation (PHO) Enrolment Collection, Virtual Diabetes Register (VDR) Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora June 2024
People regularly dispensed a short-acting beta agonist (SABA) and not regularly dispensed preventer during the year

This measure details the percentage of PHO-enrolled population aged 5-44 years who are dispensed a short-acting beta-agonist (SABA)  in at least two quarters in a year and were not dispensed preventer in two or more quarters in the same year. 

Pharmaceutical Collection (PHARMS), Primary Health Organisation (PHO) Enrolment Collection Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora September 2025
People regularly dispensed a short-acting beta agonist (SABA) who were not dispensed preventer during the year

People aged 5–44 regularly dispensed a short-acting beta agonist (SABA) who were not dispensed preventer anytime during the year, among PHO enrolled population. This indicator shows the number and percent of people who were dispensed SABA in at least two quarters in a year and not dispensed preventer in the same year. 

Pharmaceutical Collection (PHARMS), Primary Health Organisation (PHO) Enrolment Collection Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora September 2025
Adults and adolescents admitted to hospital one or more times with a primary diagnosis of asthma

This indicator shows the number and rate per 1,000 adults aged 12 years or over years who were admitted to hospital with asthma as the primary diagnosis.  ED admissions meeting the three-hour rule are included in this indicator. 

National Minimum Dataset (NMDS), Primary Health Organisation (PHO) Enrolment Collection Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora September 2025