Solving Australia's rural medical workforce shortage

Matthew McGrail; Belinda O'Sullivan; Deb Russell; Anthony Scott

Solving Australia's rural medical workforce shortage

Matthew McGrail, Belinda O'Sullivan, Deb Russell, Anthony Scott

School of Rural Health

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Abstract

A longstanding but complex health policy issue has been toensure people in rural Australia have good access to medicalcare. In the context of a reported national oversupplyof doctors, policies to redistribute doctors to areas ofundersupply are of particular relevance. This policy briefsummarises key evidence from the MABEL survey in relationto supporting the rural medical workforce. Our evidenceshows that a range of factors throughout the medicaltraining pipeline and the course of doctors’ work influencesthe supply of doctors in rural areas.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Melbourne, Australia
Publisher	University of Melbourne
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 2017

Publication series

Name	Centre for Research Excellence in Medical Workforce Dynamics. Policy Brief
Publisher	Centre for Research Excellence in Medical Workforce Dynamics
ISSN (Print)	2201-9995
ISSN (Electronic)	2202-0004

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