Taranaki District Health Board
Private Bag 2016
New Plymouth 4620
New Zealand
Telephone 06 753 6139
Fax: 06 753 7770
Email
: [Taranaki District Health Board request email]
www.tdhb.org.nz
Taranaki Base Hospital
Private Bag 2016
New Plymouth 4620
New Zealand
Phone: 06 753 6139
Fax: 06 753 7710
Hāwera Hospital
14 August 2020
Post Office Box 98
Hāwera
New Zealand
Phone: 06 278-9929
Fax: 06 278 9910
Stratford Health Centre Phone: 06 765 7189
Sacha van den Berg
Opunake Medical Centre
Email:
[FYI request #13401 email]
(CoastalCare)
Phone: 06 761 7324
Pātea Health Centre
Phone: 06 273 8088
Waitara Health Centre
Phone: 06 754 7150
Dear Ms van den Berg
Mōkau Health Centre
Phone: 06 752 9723
Re:
Official Information Act
I am responding on behalf of Taranaki District Health Board (DHB) to your OIA request of 28 July 2020. You
have requested the following information:
How many PET CT scans have been referred per year the past 3 years?
How many PET CT scans have been referred this year so far?
What percentage of the patients being referred are Maori?
Ethnicity
Fiscal Year
Total
% Maori
Maori
Non-Maori Unknown
FY2018
10
98
1
109
10.1%
FY2019
11
89
100
12.4%
FY2020
15
117
1
133
12.7%
FY2021
1
11
12
9.1%
Grand Total
37
315
2
354
11.7%
What is the average cost per PET CT scan referral?
The average cost of PET CT for the 2019/20 financial year was $2,404.71.
I trust the above information answers your OIA request.
Yours sincerely
Lee McManus
Acting Chief Operating Officer