Online Reports
Current online reports:
Review of Medihotels: Future Directions
The Department of Human Services Victoria (DHS) engaged Health Outcomes International (HOI) Pty Ltd in March 2006, to: “Review the models of care and performance of Medihotels and provide recommendations on ongoing management and funding”.
Family/whānau participation in mental health and addiction services: A stocktake of the Northern region
The Northern DHB Support Agency (NDSA) on behalf of the Northern DHBs, engaged Health Outcomes International Pty Ltd (HOI) to conduct a stocktake of family/whānau participation (FWP) programmes in Northern Region mental health and addiction services.
Methods and Systems Used to Measure and Monitor Occupational Disease and Injury in NZ
Occupational disease accounts for greater mortality and morbidity than occupational injuries, but is harder to diagnose, measure, and monitor for a range of reasons, including long latency periods after exposure, difficulties distinguishing occupational diseases from non-occupational diseases, and a lack of awareness about the occupational origins of some diseases.
Independent Evaluation of the Implementation of Digital Mammography at BreastScreen Waitemata and Northland
The National Screening Unit (NSU) engaged Health Outcomes International Pty Ltd (HOI) to conduct an independent evaluation of the implementation of digital mammography (DM) at Breast Screen Waitemata and Northland (BSWN).
Evaluation of the sustainability of early childhood education services during the implementation of Pathways to the Future: Nga Huarahi Arataki
A ten-year strategic plan for early childhood education (ECE): Pathways to the Future – Ngā Huarahi Arataki, was launched in September 2002. A new funding system for ECE was introduced in April 2005, together with substantial increases in Government funding for ECE services. Health Outcomes International (HOI) was engaged by the Ministry of Education to evaluate the sustainability of ECE services in the context of these changes.
How do effective schools manage their finances?
This 3-year study of 18 effective New Zealand schools is funded by the NZ School Trustees’ Association. The schools provide a range of location, roll size, and socio-economic decile. The study focuses on financial management, to gain some real insight into funding decisions and the factors that influence those decisions, and the use of government operational funding and locally raised funds to meet their students’ needs. Finding out what is needed to accomplish this provides valuable pointers to the adequacy of school funding.
Evaluation of Specialist Methadone Services
The first of the Specialist Methadone Services (SMS) in Victoria was established in 1994 as part of a redevelopment of drug treatment services, during which resources for institutional based services were redistributed to increase the range of community-based services. While general medical practitioners (GPs) provide the majority of methadone treatment services in Victoria, SMS were developed to provide support for those people receiving methadone treatment with complex medical, psychiatric or psychosocial problems.
The Evaluation of Victoria’s “Turning the Tide” drug policy
Illicit drugs and their abuse continue to be major issues for Governments at all levels both in Australia and internationally. In global terms the level of health-related harm caused by illicit drug use and abuse is relatively small compared to the harms associated with the socially accepted and regulated use of licit drugs such as alcohol and tobacco.
Evaluation of the Relocated HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases Services
HIV/AIDS and infectious diseases (ID) services in Victoria are provided in accordance with Government policy objectives and strategies as outlined in a range of Government and Departmental documents, for example “A Healthier Future. A Plan for Metropolitan Health Care Services,” released in October 1996. The relocation of HIV/AIDS and ID services from Fairfield Hospital arose out of the Report of the Review of Infectious Diseases in Victoria, September 1991.
Evaluation of Queenland Illicit Drug Diversion Initiative (QIDDI)
Diversion programs seek to refer offenders with problematic substance use issues who have contact with the criminal justice system into treatment. Diversion aims to improve outcomes for substance using offenders through referral to treatment and, for the community, by reducing substance use and associated criminal activity (Swan, O’Keeffe, Alberti and Ritter, 2002).
Court Diversion Program Evaluation
The Court Diversion Program Evaluation is an evaluation of three court-based diversionary programs aimed at a spectrum of criminal behaviours.
Taking a bite of the apple: The implementation of Fruit in Schools
Healthy Futures is the evaluation of the Ministry of Health’s Fruit in Schools (FIS) initiative. This report summarises the findings to date.