Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life (MABEL)

International medical graduates mandated to practise in rural Australia are highly unsatisfied: Results from a national survey of doctors

“…Wave 2 questionnaires can be accessed from the study's website (see https://mabel.org.au/). Further details of the study protocol, including response rates and analysis of non-response bias (which was minimal), have been reported elsewhere [30,31]. The MABEL study was approved by the University of Melbourne Faculty of Economics and Commerce Human Ethics Advisory Group and the Monash University Standing Committee on Ethics in Research Involving Humans.…”

“…All models were adjusted for possible covariate associations between satisfaction and age groupings (<40, 40-49, 50-59, 60+), gender, doctor's health (excellent, good, fair/poor), on-call status and hours worked per week (<35, 35-49, 50-59, 60+). Sample weights (probabilistic weights of participation) were used for all regression models to adjust for potential response bias with respect to age, gender and geographic location (remoteness and state) [30]. All calculations were performed using StataSE 10 (StataCorp, TX, USA) and a significance level of 5% was used throughout.…”

Subsidies to target specialist outreach services into more remote locations: a national cross-sectional study

“…Analysis of non-response bias specific to the first two waves of the survey has been reported elsewhere, showing the survey respondents were broadly representative. 12,13 Further, Table 1 …”

Factors Affecting the Service Delivery Locations of Newly Graduated Iranian General Practitioners

“…In England, despite having a regulated system, there is a meaningful difference among the different districts regarding physicians' geographical distribution (13). Australia faces a significant difference of access to GPs in different geographic areas (14,15). It should be noted that distribution criteria are not the only indicators of growth and development; rather, it is important to consider inconsistencies and causes of this issue (2,3,10).…”

“…Regarding the increasing number of physicians in training in recent years, it is necessary to identify these factors to avoid a potential shortage of physicians in neglected regions and a surplus of physicians in other areas. Either a shortage or a surplus of GPs would result in healthcare service delivery inequity in the country (1,(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28), and both GP shortage and surplus have adverse effects on the outcomes, accessibility, equality, expenditures, and service quality of the national healthcare system (15,29).…”