New Zealand's health restructure is doomed to fall short unless its funding model is tackled first
- Written by Robin Gauld, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Dean, University of Otago

This year significant reforms to New Zealand’s health care system will be introduced. But to achieve its goals of an equitable system, the government needs to make deeper changes than it has proposed.
For two decades, New Zealand has had 20 district health boards (DHBs) planning and funding local services and owning public...