Pharmacy labour force to 2001
This report presents authoritative demographic and labour force statistics on pharmacists in Australia. It describes characteristics of the pharmacy labour force including types of pharmacy occupations, number of pharmacists in the states and territories and geographic regions, and hours worked. The report also includes data on prescriptions, workforce migration patterns and pharmacy students to 2001. Pharmacy Labour Force to 2001 is an essential reference for all people interested in the make-up of the current pharmacy workforce in Australia, and for those involved in workforce planning.
ISSN 1327-4309; ISBN 978 1 74024 256 1; Cat. no. HWL 25; 56pp.; $18.00
Full publication
Publication table of contents
- Preliminary material (167K PDF)
- Title and verso pages
- Contents
- List of tables
- List of figures
- Abbreviations
- Symbols and other usages
- Acknowledgments
- Sections
- Highlights (77K PDF)
- Introduction (140K PDF)
- Pharmacy Labour Force Survey
- Additional data sources
- The pharmacy labour force (147K PDF)
- Employed pharmacists
- Growth of the pharmacy labour force
- Number of pharmacies in Australia
- Age and sex of the pharmacy labour force
- Distribution by metropolitan, rural and remote areas
- Hours worked
- Country of birth
- Community and hospital and clinic pharmacists (141K PDF)
- Community and hospital and clinic pharmacists
- Access to pharmacy services
- Current and projected shortage of pharmacists
- Entry into the pharmacy labour force (119K PDF)
- Migration
- Education
- End matter (254K PDF)
- Appendix A: Detailed tables
- Glossary
- References
- Related publications
Notes and corrections
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Recommended citation
AIHW 2003. Pharmacy labour force to 2001. National Health Labour Force Series 25. Cat. no. HWL 25. Canberra: AIHW.