Health

Page updated 25 Oct 2007

Overview of Treasury information, research and policy publications about health in New Zealand and Government expenditure on health.

The Treasury's Role

The Treasury provides advice to Ministers on the purchase and regulation of health services. This advice covers areas such as the structure and management of health spending, institutional and governance arrangements in the health sector and health sector strategies and policies.

The Treasury also provides advice on the Crown's ownership interest in District Health Boards (DHBs). This includes monitoring the performance of DHBs and assessing capital investments. This work is carried out in conjunction with the Ministry of Health, which has primary responsibility for performance monitoring and relationship management.

Funding

Health spending is reported in the Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand. The most recent figure for health spending in New Zealand is $9,932 million for the 2006/07 financial year. This figure is taken from the Analysis of Expenses of the Statement of Financial Performance which is a section of the Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand for the Year Ended 30 June 2007.

The Budget 2007 Economic and Fiscal Update forecasts $11,613 million will be spent on health in the 2007/08 financial year. This data is available in the Core Crown Expenses Tables of this document.

Treasury Research and Policy Papers

To read Treasury papers on health issues see the Health subject in the Research and Policy Papers section of the Publications index.