Table 1.
Characteristics of case study state-managed PHC services: 2010 and 2013
| Service | Budget (per annum) | Main source of funding | Governance | Approximate no. of staff (FTE) | Range of services | Example professions |
| A | 2010: $1.2 million 2013: $0.5 million* |
SA Health | State managed | 2010: 16 (13.5) 2013: 10 (8.1) |
Early childhood, health promotion, community development, allied health, chronic condition self-management, mental health, lifestyle advisor | Social worker, speech pathologist, occupational therapist, dietitian, nurse, cultural worker, lifestyle advisor, primary healthcare worker |
| B | 2010: $1.1 million 2013: NA† |
SA Health | State managed | 2010: 26 (20) 2013: NA† |
Medical clinic, allied health, early childhood, podiatry, chronic condition self-management, lifestyle advisor, health promotion programmes and groups, community development, peer education | Medical officer, podiatrist, nurse, speech pathologist, lifestyle advisor, PHC worker |
| C | 2010: $1.7 million 2013: $1.6 million |
SA Health | State managed | 2010: 36 (22) 2013: 25 (15.3) |
Chronic condition self-management, early childhood, family violence, mental health, supported residential facilities services, community garden, lifestyle advice, health promotion, local initiatives, parenting groups, mindfulness and meditation groups, healthy ageing | Nurse, dietitian, speech pathologist, psychologist, occupational therapist, cultural worker, social worker, podiatrist, exercise physiologist, consultant in General Medicine |
| D | 2010: $0.5 million 2013: NA‡ |
SA Health | State managed | 2010: 12 (10.8) 2013: N/A‡ |
Community lunch programme, health promotion groups, 1:1 case management/referral/advocacy, transport, community events, combined into medical clinic, Aboriginal clinical health workers, learning centre | Aboriginal health worker, PHC worker |
| E | 2010: NA§
2013: $1.7 million |
SA Health | State managed | 2010: NA§
2013: 21 (16.6) |
Early childhood, chronic disease self-management, mental health, antenatal and postnatal support, domestic violence services, healthy ageing, health promotion, community development § | Social worker, dietitian, psychologist, speech pathologist, nurse, occupational therapist, community health worker, lifestyle advisor § |
Italicised services and professions had ceased by 2013; boldfaced services and professions were new since 2010.
*Approximate—budget was combined with another site. Budget for two sites was $1.1 million.
†Not available for 2013 due to service withdrawing.
‡Service was restructured and merged with another service, cannot calculate a comparison to 2010.
§Service joined study in 2012—staff, budget, services info not available for 2012, services and professions are from 2012.
FTE, full time equivalent; NA, not available; PHC, Primary Health Care.