Project SPLICE - Taranaki District Health Board

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Project SPLICE FINAL - February 2010 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 - ARC beds by service level 06/07 TarDHB* Age Standardised NZ There is little difference in dementia and psycho geriatric bed utilisation however there is significant variance in rest home and hospital bed utilisation. Even though the data ARE based on region of domicile and allows for the possibility of people receiving service in other DHB areas the lower hospital utilisation most likely reflects low local bed availability. The higher rest home utilisation may be compensatory but it may also reflect in part the low average utilisation of personal care services. Variance in resthome bed numbers age standardised is 129 beds however other service levels are lower than the national average. The net difference across all service levels is 33 beds per annum. At an estimated DHB contribution of $65.38 per bed day for resthome level beds, the cost of the net additional provision is $790,664. If resthome was considered in isolation the additional cost of 129 beds is over $3million. 48 | P a g e
Project SPLICE FINAL - February 2010 Appendix II: Health Needs Analysis Information presented is extracted from the 2007 Taranaki DHB Health Needs Analysis (Full version available from TDHB Website) Population Overview Taranaki DHB's area of responsibility covers 7,273 square kilometres on the mid west coast of the North Island and is distinguished by Mt.Taranaki in the centre of the region. Taranaki includes three territorial local authority districts; South Taranaki, Stratford, and New Plymouth. Taranaki DHB also provides services to the Mokau area of the Waikato region. There are a few densely populated centres such as New Plymouth City in North Taranaki, Stratford in Central Taranaki, and Hawera in South Taranaki. The rest of the population is scattered in and around small rural centres. Diversity An initial analysis of 2006 census figures indicate that 104,274 people live in the Taranaki DHB region, an increase of 1230 individuals (1.2%) when compared to the 2001 figures. Compared to the New Zealand average, the Taranaki population has a much smaller population of Pacific (1.3%) and Asian people (2.1%) and a higher proportion of European (74.1%). The population of Māori people living in Taranaki (15.2%) is similar to the rest of the country. 49 | P a g e
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