Towards a Rural Allied Health Strategy: A Workforce and Economic Analysis of Allied Health in New South Wales

Work Practices of Rural and Remote Physiotherapists

“…1,4,5 This literature often describes several professions and therefore lacks the analysis of specific data about physiotherapy work practices. These reports often remain unpublished, reducing their accessibility.…”

Geographic distribution of the Australian primary health workforce in 1996 and 2001

“…35 They may be indicative of the need for workforce policies focusing on retention as opposed to recruitment. 36,37 Two other sources that are routinely used to investigate medical workforce supply are Medicare provider statistics and national medical labour force surveys. 34 Medicare statistics provide detailed data on services provided, workloads, and patient characteristics, but data is restricted to private, fee-for-ser vice providers.…”

Measuring the quality of allied health services in Australia: is it a case of “the more we learn, the less we know?”

“…While in Australia, recommendations from taskforces in New South Wales 23,26 Queensland, 24 South Australia, 25 and Western Australia 26 have been made on how to improve retention amongst AH practitioners, they have generally been workplace-specific rather than professional-based. 10 Thus, there is a clear opportunity to understand AH service quality relative to the elements related to workplace retention and job satisfaction.…”