Dear Thai Quoc Khanh

Thank you for your email dated 6 November 2018 requesting the following
information under the Official Information Act 1982:

I very much appreciate Ministry of Health for variety of useful
information on the operation of District Health Boards (DHBs). By
investigating the financial data (Schedules), since no notes to the
accounts provided, I have been encountered with difficulties in
understanding the nature and components of data, such as:

1. Schedule 1
Could you please explain more details on the differences among Funder,
Provider and Governance. Also, could you please give me your opinion on
which net result should be used when measuring efficiency of hospital
services that provided by DHB provider arm.

Besides, I found that most of the DHBs were in deficit over the period
from 20013 to 2016. Especially, most of DHB providers underperformed the
plan and made up the largest proportion in the total deficit. Could you
please provide me brief causes for the pervasive deficits and wether
Ministry of Health have any policies to subsidise or encourage DHBs to
reduce their losses?

2. Schedule 2
By collating the Revenue of Provider arm in Schedule 2 and Schedule 3, I
found that there exist differences. Take Auckland DHB (2016/17) for
example, Revenue in Schedule 1 is 1,882,759; this figure in Schedule 3 is
1,430,735. Likewise, the revenue reported in the Auckland DHB Annual
Report 2016/17 (page 39) is 2,079,133.
Please kindly explain the variance in the revenue figures of DHB provider.

3. Schedule 4
The Full Time Equivalent (FTEs) staff in the Schedule 4 are not similar to
the FTEs reflected in the District Health Board clinical staffing numbers
([1]https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/heal...).
Take Auckland DHB for example, the FTE at 20 Sep 2016 was 4,714 (including
Health Assistant); the total FTEs is Schedule 4 at 30 June 2016 was 8,380.
Again, please kindly disentangle this difference.

4. Schedule 6

The Balance sheet reflect the financial figures of each DHB, in which the
non-current assets are clearly specified. However, I have no understanding
on the scope of these assets. Although DHBs have a variety of functions, I
thought the Balance sheet might only capture the assets used at DHB
provider. Could you please explain more on this issue?

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Dear Thai Quoc Khanh

Please find attached response to your official information request.

Sincerely

Margee Do
Senior Advisor, OIA Services

Ministerial Services (OIA)
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From:        Thai Quoc Khanh
<[FOI #9012 email]>
To:        OIA/LGOIMA requests at Ministry of Health <[Ministry of Health request email]>,
Date:        06/11/2018 06:02 p.m.
Subject:        Official Information request - Explaining differences on
data of District Health Board

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Dear Ministry of Health,

I very much appreciate Ministry of Health for variety of useful
information on the operation of District Health Boards (DHBs). By
investigating the financial data (Schedules), since no notes to the
accounts provided, I have been encountered with difficulties in
understanding the nature and components of data, such as:

1. Schedule 1
Could you please explain more details on the differences among Funder,
Provider and Governance. Also, could you please give me your opinion on
which net result should be used when measuring efficiency of hospital
services that provided by DHB provider arm.

Besides, I found that most of the DHBs were in deficit over the period
from 20013 to 2016. Especially, most of DHB providers underperformed the
plan and made up the largest proportion in the total deficit. Could you
please provide me brief causes for the pervasive deficits and wether
Ministry of Health have any policies to subsidise or encourage DHBs to
reduce their losses?

2. Schedule 2
By collating the Revenue of Provider arm in Schedule 2 and Schedule 3, I
found that there exist differences. Take Auckland DHB (2016/17) for
example, Revenue in Schedule 1 is 1,882,759; this figure in Schedule 3 is
1,430,735. Likewise, the revenue reported in the Auckland DHB Annual
Report 2016/17 (page 39) is 2,079,133.
Please kindly explain the variance in the revenue figures of DHB provider.

3. Schedule 4
The Full Time Equivalent (FTEs) staff in the Schedule 4 are not similar to
the FTEs reflected in the District Health Board clinical staffing numbers
([2]https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/heal...).
Take Auckland DHB for example, the FTE at 20 Sep 2016 was 4,714 (including
Health Assistant); the total FTEs is Schedule 4 at 30 June 2016 was 8,380.
Again, please kindly disentangle this difference.

4. Schedule 6

The Balance sheet reflect the financial figures of each DHB, in which the
non-current assets are clearly specified. However, I have no understanding
on the scope of these assets. Although DHBs have a variety of functions, I
thought the Balance sheet might only capture the assets used at DHB
provider. Could you please explain more on this issue?

Thank you very much for your dedicated help,

Yours faithfully,

Thai Quoc Khanh

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