August 11 2023
from WEF
It’s called the Global Health Equity Network.
“New Zealand is pushing Māori patients up wait lists to fight inequality,” the WEF’s Tiktok account stated.
“The country is rolling out a new ‘equity adjuster.’ This uses 4 factors to decide patient priority.”
One of the priorities is ethnicity, which provides a different “score” depending on skin tone.
The score is then added up with other scores that patients are given according to their geographic location, level of deprivation, and time spent on waiting list.
The WEF states this is done to “correct disparities in health outcomes for Māori people.”
August 11 2023 from WEF It’s called the Global Health Equity Network.
“New Zealand is pushing Māori patients up wait lists to fight inequality,” the WEF’s Tiktok account stated.
“The country is rolling out a new ‘equity adjuster.’ This uses 4 factors to decide patient priority.”
One of the priorities is ethnicity, which provides a different “score” depending on skin tone.
The score is then added up with other scores that patients are given according to their geographic location, level of deprivation, and time spent on waiting list.
The WEF states this is done to “correct disparities in health outcomes for Māori people.”
At the emergency room: "How long is the wait?"
ER Staff: "Let me get my color chart..."
I get time spent on waiting list and maaaaaybe level of deprivation