General practice: Workforce gaps now and in 2020

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 12-15

  Harrison, Christopher ^a   Britt, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; General practice; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251487485     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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