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International study highlights specialist shortages
Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) publication, Health at a Glance 2009, placed New Zealand bottom of 28 countries surveyed, with figures showing it had only 0.8 specialists per 1000 people.
You can access the report here.
See www.stuff.co.nz for the political response to the report.
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