Background: The 2015 New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service reports to NZ district health boards (DHBs) on the health status of children and young people found that constipation was a common reason for acute and ...

Background Hospitalisations for gastroenteritis have been increasing internationally. New Zealand rates were 6.0 per 1,000 0–14 year olds in 2006–2010. Yet hospitalisation for gastroenteritis is potentially avoidable. For ...

Background: The indicator “congenital anomalies typically requiring surgery” (CARS) has not previously been documented for New Zealand, yet such anomalies place considerable burden on families and the health sector, for ...