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Wednesday, February 06, 2013

Medical workforce 2011

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has released Medical Workforce 2011.  The supply of employed medical practitioners in Australia increased from 344.6 to 381.4 per 100,000 population between 2007 and 2011, which reflected a 10.7% rise in practitioner numbers.  The gender balance continued to shift, with women making up 37.6% of practitioners in 2011 compared with 34% in 2007.  Specialists-in-training in the public sector worked the most average hours per week (47.6) while general practitioners in the public sector worked the least (20.5). 

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