Delivering democracy? An analysis of New Zealand's District Health Board elections, 2001 and 2004

Robin Gauld

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Delivering democracy? An analysis of New Zealand's District Health Board elections, 2001 and 2004

Robin Gauld^*

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The district health board (DHB) system is New Zealand's present structure for the governance and delivery of publicly-funded health care. An aim of the DHB system is to democratise health care governance, and a key element of DHBs is elected membership of their governing boards. This article focuses on the electoral component of DHBs. It reports on the first DHB elections of 2001 and recent 2004 elections. The article presents and discusses data regarding candidates, the electoral process, voter behaviour and election results. It suggests that the extent to which the DHB elections are contributing to aims of democratisation is questionable.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	345-352
Number of pages	8
Journal	Australian health review : a publication of the Australian Hospital Association
Volume	29
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1071/AH050345
Publication status	Published - Aug 2005
Externally published	Yes

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