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5.5 Services Funded but not provided by the DHB
Table: DHB funded services provided by other organisations
Personal Health Services
Pharmaceuticals
 Subsidised pharmaceuticals dispensed by 80 pharmacies across our district.
Community Laboratories
 One private laboratory located in Hamilton undertaking all the testing, 38 collection sites (12 in Hamilton two in Huntly and two in Cambridge and one in every other town).
PHOs and GP services
 Three PHOs with approximately 80 general practices.
Medical / surgical inpatient and outpatient services and primary care inpatient services
 Included within this service area are arrangements with a private provider called USL for urology services, as well as with hospitals outside our district, and a number of smaller outpatient based agreements and primary care inpatient beds in six rural facilities.
Māori health
 Includes a range of community based services including whānau ora, healthy hapu, koroua and kuia services, and mobile Māori disease state management positions delivered by Māori providers.
Other personal health
 Range of services biggest spends are in the areas of:
 dental
 NGO maternity facilities
 Project Energize
 travel and accommodation
 palliative care
 haemophilia
 primary care inpatient services
 arthritis services.
Mental Health and Addiction Services
Inpatient and residential service
 Includes 15 forensic inpatient beds purchased from Hauora Waikato and residential services funded on a fee for services basis.
Community and other service
 Included in this category are approximately 300 full time equivalent community based (mental health and/or alcohol and other drug) positions, together with residential services for mental health and addictions (including youth) funded on a capacity basis.
Health Of Older People Services
Residential
 Included in this category is expenditure on hospital level, dementia and rest home services provided at 57 facilities ranging in size.
Other Services
 Included within this category are a range of community based and respite services including transitional care, day programmes, needs assessment and service co-ordination, home support and household management, respite and carer support services; as well as disability specific services such as orthotic services, disability information and rural stroke field worker services.
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