80623 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health

80623 (2024). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister of Health: What progress, if any, has been made to address the recommendation 'Dedicated code-sets: ICD-10 and DRG diagnostic code sets are routinely recorded as part of hospital admission, primarily for organisational financing. Alongside other hospital business intelligence, clinical codes can reveal patterns of service use according to particular health states. Although Ambulatory Sensitive Hospitalisation has not been specifically developed for the study of hospital performance after a disaster, we found it to be a useful indicator for this purpose. Another example of relevant codesets are those correlating with waterborne illness after flooding events. We recommend the Ministry develop equity metrics using these sources of routinely acquired health system data.' as contained in the research into health and wellbeing impacts of adverse weather conditions report for the Ministry of Health dated July 2024, as at 9 December 2024?

Hon Dr Shane Reti: I refer the Member to Written Parliamentary Question 79604 (2024).