
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gauld, Robin 
T1  - Delivering democracy? An analysis of New Zealand's District Health Board elections, 2001&nbsp;and 2004
JF  - Australian Health Review
JO  - Aust. Health Review
Y1  - 2005
VL  - 29
IS  - 3
SP  - 345
EP  - 352
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AH050345 
N2  - The district health board (DHB) system is New Zealand?s present structure for the governance and delivery of publicly-funded health care. An aim of the DHB system is to democratise health care governance, and a key element of DHBs is elected membership of their governing boards. This article focuses on the electoral component of DHBs. It reports on the first DHB elections of 2001 and recent 2004 elections. The article presents and discusses data regarding candidates, the electoral process, voter behaviour and election results. It suggests that the extent to which the DHB elections are contributing to aims of democratisation is questionable. 
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