Is fly in/fly out (FIFO) a viable interim solution to address remote medical workforce shortages?

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Margolis, S A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Doctor; FIFO; Fly in Fly out; Remote medicine; Rural workforce; Workforce shortages

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAPACITY BUILDING; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MANPOWER; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

AUSTRALIA; CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOUSING; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 84872023098     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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