SoFIE-Primary Care, Department of Public Health

About us

SoFIE-Primary Care (SoFIE-PC) aims to investigate the associations and causal pathways between sociodemographic characteristics (e.g. ethnicity, socio-economic position, region) and primary care affiliation, access and continuity (PCAAC) using a longitudinal and nationally representative study (SoFIE) and SoFIE-Health.

Objectives

• What is the association of sociodemographic characteristics (e.g. ethnicity, socio-economic position, region) variables with access, continuity and coordination of primary health care.
• What is the association of affiliation to a primary care provider, access, continuity and coordination of primary health care, with ambulatory sensitive hospitalisations and chronic disease states.
• ∆ PCAAC ↔ ∆ health status: Are changes in PCAAC associated with changes in health status?
• ∆ Social factors → ∆ PCAAC: What is the association of changing family circumstances (e.g. marital separation), changing labour force status, and changing income with changes in PCAAC?
• ∆ Residence → ∆ PCAAC: What is the impact of changing residence (including changing rural/urban, changing levels of deprivation) on PCAAC?

• Illness → ∆ PCAAC: What is the association of cancer diagnosis and hospitalisation for major illness on changes in PCAAC?

Funders

SoFIE-Primary Care is primarliy funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand. Establishment funding was also received from the University of Otago, Accident Compensation Corporation of New Zealand (ACC), and Alcohol Liquor Advisory Council (ALAC).

Publications

Journal articles and letters

Jatrana S, Richardson K, Crampton P. Is change in global self-rated health associated with change in affiliation with a primary care provider? Findings from a longitudinal study from New Zealand. Preventive Medicine 2014.

Jatrana S, Crampton P, Crampton P. The Association of Residential Mobility with Affiliation to Primary Care Providers. New Zealand Population Review 2013; 39:101-120.

Jatrana S, Crampton P, Richardson K, Norris P. Increasing prescription part charges will increase health inequalities in New Zealand (letter).NZMJ 2012; 125 (1335): 78-80.

Jatrana S, Crampton P, Norris P. Ethnic differences in access to prescription medication because of cost in New Zealand. J Epidemiol Community Health 2011; 65: 454-460.

Jatrana S, Crampton P. Gender difference in financial barrier to primary health care in New Zealand. Journal of Primary Health Care 2012; 1;4(2):113-22.

Jatrana S, Crampton P. Continuity of care with general practitioner in New Zealand: results from SoFIE-Primary Care. New Zealand Medical Journal 2011; 124 (1329):16-25.

Crampton P, Jatrana S. “Cost barriers to primary health care”, University of Otago Magazine, Issue 24, October 2009, 18-19.

Jatrana S, Crampton P, Filoche S. The case for integrating oral health into primary health care. The New Zealand Medical Journal 2009; 122 (1301): 43-52

Jatrana S, Crampton P. Primary health care in New Zealand: who has access?Health Policy 2009; 93: 1-10

Jatrana S, Crampton P. Affiliation with a primary care provider in New Zealand: Who is, who isn't.Health Policy 2009; 91: 286-296

Reports

Jatrana S, Crampton P, Carter K, Richardson K. SoFIE-Health Primary Care: Overview and Early Results. SoFIE-Health Report 3. Wellington: University of Otago, Wellington, 2008.

Our people

• Santosh Jatrana (Principal Investigator)
• Peter Crampton (co-Principal Investigator)