Auckland DHB is funded on a population-based funding formula that is based on where people were living on census night.  adjustments are made for age, ethnicity and also for the amount of specialist work provided to people outside the area.  Auckland DHB has a total revenue of approximately $1.3 billion per year and funding of $754 million for the Auckland DHB population.

Hospital and related services owned by the Auckland DHB receive approximately seventy six percent of the budget.  Sixty percent of this revenue is associated with staff costs, approximately 20 percent is related to treatment costs, with the remainder linked to equipment, capital, depreciation and administration.

Twenty four percent of total revenue is associated with non hospital services, the bulk of which is made up from Primary Health Organisations, pharmaceuticals and laboratory residential services for older people and for people with a mental illness.  There are a number of Kaupapa services run by and for Maori and similar culturally based services for Pacific people.  Dental services and palliative care are also provided in the community under contact to the DHB.

There are a large number of health and support providers and organisations who work in the city and are not funded by us or by other DHBs or the Ministry of Health.  These groups operate on grants and voluntary efforts of their members.  They are an essential part of the wider health system.

Key goals of the organisation

In order to lift the health of the people living in Auckland city, the Board must manage the finances available, find more efficient ways of working, and improve how we manage the flow of patients from other DHBs into Auckland for services.