Te Wero tonu-the challenge continues: Māori access to medicines 2006/07-2012/13 update.

Aim: Analysis of dispensings of prescription medicines in New Zealand in 2006/07 reported large inequities between Māori and non-Māori. This present study has now updated the earlier work by describing variations in disease burden-adjusted medicines access by ethnicity in 2012/13, and changes over time.

Method: The update has linked prescription medicine data with burden of disease estimates by ethnicity for 2012/13 and comparing with 2006/07.