| Name | Description | Data sources | Responsible organisation(s) | Measure methodology last updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People dispensed oxycodone for 6 weeks or more | This indicator shows the number and rate per 1,000 of the PHO-enrolled population who had who had oxycodone dispensed to them by a community pharmacy for six weeks or between 2019 and 2023. |
Pharmaceutical Collection (PHARMS), Primary Health Organisation (PHO) Enrolment Collection | Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora | November 2025 |
| People dispensed oxycodone one or more times in a year, rate per 1,000 | This indicator shows the number and rate per 1,000 of the PHO-enrolled population who had oxycodone dispensed to them by a community pharmacy, by year (2019 to 2023), ethnic group, age group, and gender. |
Pharmaceutical Collection (PHARMS), PHO Enrolment Collection | Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora | November 2025 |
| People dispensed morphine for 6 weeks or more, rate per 1,000 | This indicator shows the number and rate per 1,000 of the PHO-enrolled population who had morphine dispensed to them by a community pharmacy for six weeks or more, between 2019 and 2023. |
Pharmaceutical Collection (PHARMS), Primary Health Organisation (PHO) Enrolment Collection | Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora | November 2025 |
| People dispensed morphine one or more times in a year, rate per 1,000 | This indicator shows the number and rate per 1,000 of the PHO-enrolled population who had morphine dispensed to them by a community pharmacy, by year (2019 to 2023), ethnic group, age group, and gender. |
Pharmaceutical Collection (PHARMS), PHO Enrolment Collection | Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora | November 2025 |
| People dispensed a strong opioid who had a public hospital event in the 8 days prior to dispensing, rate per 1,000 | This indicator shows the number and rate per 1,000 of the PHO-enrolled population who had received a strong opioid and had a public hospital event in the eight days prior to dispensing of a strong opioid during the calendar year. Data is presented by year (2019 to 2023), ethnic group, age, gender and health district. |
National Minimum Dataset (NMDS), National Non-Admitted Patient Collection (NNPAC), Pharmaceutical Collection (PHARMS), PHO Enrolment Collection | Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora | November 2025 |
| People dispensed fentanyl for 6 or more weeks, rate per 1,000 | This indicator shows the number and rate per 1,000 of the PHO-enrolled population who had fentanyl dispensed to them by a community pharmacy for six or more weeks in a year (2019 to 2023). |
Pharmaceutical Collection (PHARMS), PHO Enrolment Collection | Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora | November 2025 |
| People report being involved in the decisions about their care and treatment | This measure provides detail on the percentage of people who say they feel involved in their own care and treatment with their GP or nurse. Being involved in decisions about care and treatment as much as is wanted is a critical component of strong partnerships between patients and practitioners. | New Zealand primary care patient experience survey, Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission, National Enrolment Service (NES), Ministry of Health | Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora | |
| Access to planned care | This measure details the rate of people who had surgery or care that was planned in advance, as a percentage of the agreed number of events in the delivery plan. Note that values greater than 100% are possible when interventions delivered exceed the agreed number from the plan. Timely access to planned care is important for the health, wellbeing and quality of life of New Zealanders and is seen as a marker of the quality of the public hospital system. | National Minimum Dataset (NMDS), National Non-Admitted Patient Collection (NNPAC), Planned Care Funding Schedule (PCFS), Ministry of Health | Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora | |
| Acute hospital bed-day rate | This measure provides details on the number of days spent in hospital for unplanned care including emergencies per 1,000. It is a measure of acute demand on secondary care. A reduction in acute demand can be an indication of effective partnership with primary and community care sectors, good hospital care and discharge planning, and/or appropriate integration of services and transitions between sectors. | National Minimum Dataset (NMDS), Programme for the Integration of Mental Health Data (PRIMHD), Ministry of Health, National Population Projection - Stats NZ | Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora | |
| People dispensed fentanyl one or more times in a year, rate per 1,000 | This indicator shows the number and rate per 1,000 of the PHO-enrolled population who had fentanyl dispensed to them by a community pharmacy, by year (2019 to 2023). |
Pharmaceutical Collection (PHARMS), Primary Health Organisation (PHO) Enrolment Collection | Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora | 2018-2024 |