expected finding as the Unit based at Hutt Hospital provides secondary as well as tertiary services to its local population). Giving the close geographical proximity and the absence of an alternative tertiary service provider, Wairarapa DHB (WDHB) also had equal intervention rates to that of CCDHB. Whereas the more remote DHBs had significantly lower intervention rates compared to that CCDHB and WDHB (Figure 1). There is an inverse relationship between distance and intervention rates (Figure 2) which shows that access to RPS services (intervention rate) reduces with increased distance from the Unit based at HVDHB. Figure 1 Access to RPS Services vs Distance from Hutt Hospital Figure 2 Overall Access to RPS Services Relative to CCDHB Key: Blue – population normalised intervention rate is equal to that of CCDHB Green – population normalised intervention rate is significantly greater than that of CCDHB Red – population normalised intervention rate is significantly lower to that of CCDHB
expected finding as the Unit based at Hutt Hospital provides secondary as well as tertiary services to its local population). Giving the close geographical proximity and the absence of an alternative tertiary service provider, Wairarapa DHB (WDHB) also had equal intervention rates to that of CCDHB. Whereas the more remote DHBs had significantly lower intervention rates compared to that CCDHB and WDHB (Figure 1). There is an inverse relationship between distance and intervention rates (Figure 2) which shows that access to RPS services (intervention rate) reduces with increased distance from the Unit based at HVDHB. Figure 1 Access to RPS Services vs Distance from Hutt Hospital Figure 2 Overall Access to RPS Services Relative to CCDHB Key: Blue – population normalised intervention rate is equal to that of CCDHB Green – population normalised intervention rate is significantly greater than that of CCDHB Red – population normalised intervention rate is significantly lower to that of CCDHB
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