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    Wakerman, John
    Humphreys, John S
    Wells, Robert W
    Kuipers, Pim
    Entwistle, Philip
    Jones, Judith
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Kuipers, Pim
    Year published
    2007
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    Abstract
    We welcome your recent focus on rural and remote health. Kamien and Cameron’s editorial addressed medical workforce supply issues,1 and the accompanying article ranged across not only workforce supply issues, but also broader systemic issues, including the roles of different levels of government.2 Coincidentally, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare released its latest medical workforce report, which reported a rise in the number of doctors per head of population overall, particularly specialists, and particularly in urban areas, but decreased numbers of doctors in the bush, particularly in remote areas.3 Most of ...
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    We welcome your recent focus on rural and remote health. Kamien and Cameron’s editorial addressed medical workforce supply issues,1 and the accompanying article ranged across not only workforce supply issues, but also broader systemic issues, including the roles of different levels of government.2 Coincidentally, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare released its latest medical workforce report, which reported a rise in the number of doctors per head of population overall, particularly specialists, and particularly in urban areas, but decreased numbers of doctors in the bush, particularly in remote areas.3 Most of the media response ignored the contemporaneous nursing workforce report,4 which described a much more even geographical distribution of the nursing workforce — the largest health professional group.
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    Journal Title
    Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume
    186
    Issue
    9
    Publisher URI
    https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2007/186/9/improving-rural-and-remote-health
    Copyright Statement
    Wakerman J, Humphreys JS, Wells RW, et al. Improving rural and remote health. Med J Aust 2007; 186 (9): 486. © Copyright 2007 The Medical Journal of Australia – reproduced with permission.
    Subject
    Biomedical and clinical sciences
    Health and community services
    Psychology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/55036
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