Bio: Peter Crampton, a 2002-03 Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice, is professor and head of the department of public health at the Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He has a background in public health medicine and general practice. His research is focused on primary care policy, primary care organization and funding, social indicators, and social epidemiology. He is particularly interested in the role of the third sector in serving the primary health care needs of vulnerable population groups. Crampton has served on numerous advisory panels for the New Zealand Ministry of Health in a variety of policy areas related to primary care and public health and has strong links with a range of primary care organizations. He teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses related to public health, health systems, and health services management.
Placement: Johns Hopkins University
Mentors: Barbara Starfield, M.D., M.P.H.
Project: The Role of Community Health Centers for Vulnerable Populations: A Comparative Study of the United States and New Zealand
Description: Crampton compared the state of Maryland with New Zealand with respect to: a) the institutional and policy arrangements that have promoted the development of third-sector primary care for vulnerable populations; b) the relative importance of third-sector primary care; c) the extent to which primary care organizations in Maryland and in New Zealand conform to theoretical predictions regarding their structural characteristics. He undertook a literature review, interviews with key informants, and a quantitative analysis of data from both Maryland and New Zealand.