Peter Davis

Summary

Affiliation: University of Auckland
Country: New Zealand

Publications

  1. ncbi Using micro-simulation to create a synthesised data set and test policy options: the case of health service effects under demographic ageing
    Peter Davis
    Centre of Methods and Policy Application in the Social Sciences, University of Auckland, 20 Wynard Street, Auckland, New Zealand
    Health Policy 97:267-74. 2010
  2. ncbi "Tough but fair"? The active management of the New Zealand drug benefits scheme by an independent Crown agency
    Peter Davis
    Department of Sociology, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
    Aust Health Rev 28:171-81. 2004
  3. ncbi Quality of hospital care for M?ori patients in New Zealand: retrospective cross-sectional assessment
    Peter Davis
    Department of Sociology, Private Bag 92019, University of Auckland, Auckland 1020, New Zealand
    Lancet 367:1920-5. 2006
  4. ncbi Do hospital bed reduction and multiple system reform affect patient mortality?: A trend and multilevel analysis in New Zealand over the period 1988-2001
    Peter Davis
    Department of Sociology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
    Med Care 45:1186-94. 2007
  5. ncbi Patient dissatisfaction recorded in hospital notes in New Zealand: their occurrence and pattern
    Peter Davis
    Department of Sociology, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
    N Z Med J 121:51-9. 2008
  6. ncbi The New Zealand Socioeconomic Index: developing and validating an occupationally-derived indicator of socio-economic status
    P Davis
    Department of Community Health, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, New Zealand
    Aust N Z J Public Health 23:27-33. 1999
  7. ncbi Relationship of different measures of socioeconomic status with cardiovascular disease risk factors and lifestyle in a New Zealand workforce survey
    Patricia Metcalf
    Department of Statistics, University of Auckland, Auckland
    N Z Med J 120:U2392. 2007
  8. ncbi Cost of medical injury in New Zealand: a retrospective cohort study
    Paul Brown
    Department of Community Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand
    J Health Serv Res Policy 7:S29-34. 2002
  9. ncbi Representative case series from New Zealand public hospital admissions in 1998--III: adverse events and death
    Robin Briant
    Centre for Health Services Research and Policy, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
    N Z Med J 119:U1909. 2006
  10. ncbi Representative case series from public hospital admissions 1998 II: surgical adverse events
    Robin Briant
    Centre for Health Services Research and Policy, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
    N Z Med J 118:U1591. 2005

Detail Information

Publications39

  1. ncbi Using micro-simulation to create a synthesised data set and test policy options: the case of health service effects under demographic ageing
    Peter Davis
    Centre of Methods and Policy Application in the Social Sciences, University of Auckland, 20 Wynard Street, Auckland, New Zealand
    Health Policy 97:267-74. 2010
    ..To assess micro-simulation for testing policy options under demographic ageing...
  2. ncbi "Tough but fair"? The active management of the New Zealand drug benefits scheme by an independent Crown agency
    Peter Davis
    Department of Sociology, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
    Aust Health Rev 28:171-81. 2004
    ..Opposition from the industry and ambivalence in the medical community remain matters of concern. The fate of such agencies is inextricably linked to wider regulatory and policy settings in the health sector...
  3. ncbi Quality of hospital care for M?ori patients in New Zealand: retrospective cross-sectional assessment
    Peter Davis
    Department of Sociology, Private Bag 92019, University of Auckland, Auckland 1020, New Zealand
    Lancet 367:1920-5. 2006
    ..We aimed to assess possible disparities in quality of hospital care for M?ori with data on preventable adverse events as an indicator of suboptimum treatment...
  4. ncbi Do hospital bed reduction and multiple system reform affect patient mortality?: A trend and multilevel analysis in New Zealand over the period 1988-2001
    Peter Davis
    Department of Sociology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
    Med Care 45:1186-94. 2007
    ..The impact of hospital and system restructuring on the quality and pattern of care is an important issue of public policy concern...
  5. ncbi Patient dissatisfaction recorded in hospital notes in New Zealand: their occurrence and pattern
    Peter Davis
    Department of Sociology, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
    N Z Med J 121:51-9. 2008
    ..To describe the occurrence and pattern of patient dissatisfaction and/or litigation recorded in medical notes in New Zealand public hospitals...
  6. ncbi The New Zealand Socioeconomic Index: developing and validating an occupationally-derived indicator of socio-economic status
    P Davis
    Department of Community Health, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, New Zealand
    Aust N Z J Public Health 23:27-33. 1999
    ..Following revision of the international standard classification (ISCO88), to update and validate on health data an occupationally derived indicator of socio-economic status (SES) adapted to changing occupational and demographic conditions...
  7. ncbi Relationship of different measures of socioeconomic status with cardiovascular disease risk factors and lifestyle in a New Zealand workforce survey
    Patricia Metcalf
    Department of Statistics, University of Auckland, Auckland
    N Z Med J 120:U2392. 2007
    ..To compare cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor levels of men and women in a local workforce with measures of socioeconomic (SES) status...
  8. ncbi Cost of medical injury in New Zealand: a retrospective cohort study
    Paul Brown
    Department of Community Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand
    J Health Serv Res Policy 7:S29-34. 2002
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Adverse events lead to a significant use of health care resources in New Zealand. These findings suggest that substantial resources could be saved by eliminating preventable adverse events...
  9. ncbi Representative case series from New Zealand public hospital admissions in 1998--III: adverse events and death
    Robin Briant
    Centre for Health Services Research and Policy, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
    N Z Med J 119:U1909. 2006
    ..Indeed, it is possible that extrapolations of mortality rates in this and other similar studies over-estimate by about a half the number of deaths caused by healthcare management...
  10. ncbi Representative case series from public hospital admissions 1998 II: surgical adverse events
    Robin Briant
    Centre for Health Services Research and Policy, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
    N Z Med J 118:U1591. 2005
    ..To examine a representative case series of surgical adverse events in New Zealand public hospitals with a view to assessing their occurrence, causation, patient impact and preventability...
  11. ncbi Representative case series from public hospital admissions 1998 I: drug and related therapeutic adverse events
    Robin Briant
    Division of Community Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
    N Z Med J 117:U747. 2004
    ..Drug-related adverse events are frequent and many are preventable. Better monitoring and more appropriate medication choice for individuals are the most common prevention strategies identified...
  12. ncbi Dietary intakes by different markers of socioeconomic status: results of a New Zealand workforce survey
    Patricia Metcalf
    Department of Statistics, University of Auckland, Auckland
    N Z Med J 119:U2127. 2006
    ..To compare dietary nutrient and food group intakes of men and women in a work force with various measures of socioeconomic status...
  13. ncbi Association of environmental tobacco smoke exposure with socioeconomic status in a population of 7725 New Zealanders
    G Whitlock
    Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, New Zealand
    Tob Control 7:276-80. 1998
    ..To test the hypothesis that environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure is inversely associated with socioeconomic status...
  14. ncbi Primary care teams: New Zealand's experience with community-governed non-profit primary care
    Peter Crampton
    Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand, PO Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand
    Health Policy 72:233-43. 2005
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  15. ncbi Persistent social class mortality differences in New Zealand men aged 15-64: an analysis of mortality during 1995-97
    Neil Pearce
    Department of Medicine, Wellington School of Medicine, and Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University, New Zealand
    Aust N Z J Public Health 26:17-22. 2002
    ..The objective was to repeat these analyses for 1995-97 in order to examine time trends, and to assess current social class patterns of mortality...
  16. ncbi Exposure to primary medical care in New Zealand: number and duration of general practitioner visits
    Peter Crampton
    Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, Wellington
    N Z Med J 120:U2582. 2007
    ..To estimate (among different population groups and different practice types) average duration of visit to a general practitioner, average number of visits, and average population exposure to primary medical care in New Zealand...
  17. ncbi Practitioners, patients, and their visits: a description of accident and medical (A&M) clinics in New Zealand, 2001/2
    Phil Hider
    Department of Public Health and General Practice, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Christchurch
    N Z Med J 120:U2538. 2007
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  18. ncbi Socio-economic factors and mortality among 25-64 year olds followed from 1991 to 1994: the New Zealand Census-Mortality Study
    Tony Blakely
    Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine, University of Otago
    N Z Med J 115:93-7. 2002
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  19. ncbi Social class mortality differences in Maori and non-Maori men aged 15-64 during the last two decades
    Andrew Sporle
    Department of Public Health and General Practice, Christchurch School of Medicine
    N Z Med J 115:127-31. 2002
    ..This investigation uses data from 1996-97 to update previous studies of social class mortality differences in Maori and non-Maori New Zealand men aged 15-64 years...
  20. ncbi Co-morbidity and health outcomes in three Auckland hospitals
    Peter Davis
    Department of Public Health and General Practice, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Christchurch
    N Z Med J 115:211-5. 2002
    ..To establish the burden of co-morbid disease using the Charlson Index among hospital inpatients and its relationship to key health outcomes...
  21. ncbi Modeling eligibility under national systems of compensation for treatment injury
    Peter Davis
    University of Auckland
    J Health Polit Policy Law 31:295-319. 2006
    ..These are then evaluated according to a number of policy design considerations, using variables available from the New Zealand study...
  22. ncbi Does community-governed nonprofit primary care improve access to services? Cross-sectional survey of practice characteristics
    Peter Crampton
    Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, New Zealand
    Int J Health Serv 35:465-78. 2005
    ..The findings support the shift to nonprofit community governance occurring in New Zealand and elsewhere...
  23. ncbi Compensation for medical injury in New Zealand: does "'no-fault" increase the level of claims making and reduce social and clinical selectivity?
    Peter Davis
    Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
    J Health Polit Policy Law 27:833-54. 2002
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  24. ncbi Health care as a risk factor
    Peter Davis
    Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, PO Box 4345, Christchurch, New Zealand
    CMAJ 170:1688-9. 2004
  25. ncbi The New Zealand Socio-economic Index of Occupational Status: methodological revision and imputation for missing data
    Peter Davis
    Department of Public Health and General Practice, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand
    Aust N Z J Public Health 28:113-9. 2004
    ..To revise and update the New Zealand Socio-economic Index (NZSEI) in the light of methodological issues in its construction, and to develop an imputation method for use where occupational information is not available...
  26. ncbi Compression, expansion, or dynamic equilibrium? The evolution of health expectancy in New Zealand
    Patrick Graham
    Department of Public Health and General Practice, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, New Zealand
    J Epidemiol Community Health 58:659-66. 2004
    ..To evaluate the New Zealand evidence for three theories of population health change: compression of morbidity, expansion of morbidity, and dynamic equilibrium...
  27. ncbi Adverse events in New Zealand public hospitals II: preventability and clinical context
    Peter Davis
    Department of Public Health and General Practice, Christchurch School of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
    N Z Med J 116:U624. 2003
    ..To assess the preventability and clinical context of adverse events identified in New Zealand public hospitals...
  28. ncbi Adverse events in New Zealand public hospitals I: occurrence and impact
    Peter Davis
    Department of Public Health and General Practice, Christchurch School of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
    N Z Med J 115:U271. 2002
    ..To assess the occurrence and impact of adverse events in New Zealand public hospitals...
  29. ncbi New Zealand general practitioners' characteristics and workload: the National Primary Medical Care Survey
    Antony Raymont
    Health Services Research Centre, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
    N Z Med J 118:U1475. 2005
    ..To describe the characteristics and workload of New Zealand general medical practitioners (GPs)...
  30. ncbi Acknowledgement of "no fault" medical injury: review of patients' hospital records in New Zealand
    Peter Davis
    Department of Public Health and General Practice, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
    BMJ 326:79-80. 2003
  31. ncbi How much variation in clinical activity is there between general practitioners? A multi-level analysis of decision-making in primary care
    Peter Davis
    Department of Public Health and General Practice, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, PO Box 4345, Christchurch, New Zealand
    J Health Serv Res Policy 7:202-8. 2002
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  32. ncbi Drinking patterns among older people in the community: hidden from medical attention?
    Nadim Khan
    Department of Public Health and General Practice, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Princess Margaret Hospital
    N Z Med J 115:72-5. 2002
    ..To determine patterns of alcohol use and misuse among community-dwelling people aged 65 years and over in Christchurch and to assess how often this comes to medical attention...
  33. ncbi Long-term effects of caffeine therapy for apnea of prematurity
    Barbara Schmidt
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    N Engl J Med 357:1893-902. 2007
    ..Methylxanthine therapy is commonly used for apnea of prematurity but in the absence of adequate data on its efficacy and safety. It is uncertain whether methylxanthines have long-term effects on neurodevelopment and growth...
  34. ncbi Comparison of services provided by urban commercial, community-governed and traditional primary care practices in New Zealand
    Phil Hider
    Department of Public Health and General Practice, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
    J Health Serv Res Policy 12:215-22. 2007
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  35. ncbi Indomethacin prophylaxis, patent ductus arteriosus, and the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia: further analyses from the Trial of Indomethacin Prophylaxis in Preterms (TIPP)
    Barbara Schmidt
    Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    J Pediatr 148:730-734. 2006
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  36. ncbi Caffeine therapy for apnea of prematurity
    Barbara Schmidt
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont, Canada
    N Engl J Med 354:2112-21. 2006
    ..It is uncertain whether methylxanthines have other short- and long-term benefits or risks in infants with very low birth weight...
  37. ncbi Extreme thrombocytosis in admissions to paediatric intensive care: no requirement for treatment
    Alison Denton
    Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK
    Arch Dis Child 92:515-6. 2007
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  38. ncbi Comparison of private for-profit with private community-governed not-for-profit primary care services in New Zealand
    Peter Crampton
    Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wellington, New Zealand
    J Health Serv Res Policy 9:17-22. 2004
    ..The study highlights for communities, policy-makers and purchasers the importance of community-governed not-for-profit practices in meeting the needs of low-income and minority population groups...
  39. ncbi Doctors, practices, patients, and their problems during usual hours: a description of rural and non-rural primary care in New Zealand in 2001-2002
    Phil Hider
    Department of Public Health and General Practice, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Christchurch
    N Z Med J 120:U2519. 2007
    ..Comparisons are made with patients who attended non-rural practices...