The rate of mental health service use in New Zealand as analysed by ethnicity

Objectives: To compare by ethnicity the rates of apparent new referrals and admissions to mental health services for selected major diagnostic groupings. Method: Using a Ministry of Health database covering all referrals and admissions to New Zealand’s Mental Health services in 2014 and who had not been patients in the preceding six years, population adjusted rates of presentation were calculated and compared across the two major New Zealand...