Abstract
Inaccurate geospatial information can result in misleading conclusions. Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health has recommended that, of their national collections, only the Mortality Collection (MORT) is suitable for rural-urban analysis of health outcomes. This paper analyses 48,644 deaths in hospital (2015–2018) and compares whether the domicile code recorded in the National Minimum Dataset (NMDS) of hospital discharges is consistent with that in MORT. While 16.5 per cent of rural residents had inconsistent domicile codes, this was higher for urban residents (21.6 per cent). Domicile inaccuracy resulted in incorrect rurality classification for 1.0 per cent and 13.6 per cent of the most urban and most rural residents, respectively.
Ka puta pea i ngā mōhiohio mokowā ā-nuku hē ngā whakataunga tuapeka. E a i k i t e t ūtohunga a t e Manatū Hauora, k ei t e t ika a nake t e Kohinga Matenga (Mortality Collection (MORT)) i waenga i ā rātou kohinga ā-motu, mō te tātaritanga taiwhenua-tāone o ngā putanga hauora. Ko tā tēnei pepa he tātari i ngā matenga 48,644 i ngā hōhipera (2015-2018) me te whakataurite mēnā he ōrite te waehere tauwāhi i t uhia i t e H uinga Raraunga Mōkito ā-Motu (National Minimum Dataset (NMDS)) o ngā tukunga i ngā hōhipera ki tērā o MORT. Ahakoa kīhai i ōrite te ōrau 16.5 o ngā waehere tauwāhi o ngā kainoho tuawhenua, he nui ake kē tērā mō ngā kainoho tāone (21.6 ōrau). Nā te kore tōtika o te tauwāhi i puta he whakarōpūtanga taiwhenua hē mō te 1.0 ōrau, me te 13.6 ōrau o ngā kainoho tāone ake, mō ngā kainoho tuawhenua ake.