Reducing the Growing Burden of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in New Zealand
Figure 18: Satisfaction with the NZ Health Care System / Overall Effects How much do you agree or disagree with the following…? (remaining statements)
Source: CCNZ 2017 Survey (Sample sizes range from n=148≈207, responses are re-calculated to exclude “Not
While 1 in 3 felt the time it took to be diagnosed with IBD was adequate, half of patients/caregivers disagree with this statement. It should be noted, however, that this is influenced by the length of time with IBD and the diagnostic abilities in the past.
Figure 19: Number of IBD-Related Surgeries per Person (Based on 207 respondents)
Source: CCNZ 2017 Survey (n=207)
“Access to IBD nurses, specialists, support groups and a public health care system that has minimal user-pay is what is perceived to work well in NZ. Suggestions on how it could work better include better IBD education/understanding of frontline staff, more awareness of IBD in itself, along with research and funding available for medications & nurse specialists. What is needed is earlier and more accurate diagnosis and access to other support such as mental health and nutritional services – essentially a more holistic approach.” -
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CCNZ 2017 Survey