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released: 20 Dec 2006 author: AIHW media release

This report presents demographic and labour force statistics on the medical profession in Australia and trends in the number of employed doctors. It is based on the main findings of the 2004 national survey of registered medical practitioners. Information presented includes a national and state/territory overview of the number of medical practitioners, their geographical region and overall supply.

ISSN 1327-4309; ISBN 978 1 74024 633 0; Cat. no. HWL 39; 36pp.; $22.00

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • Acknowledgments
    • Symbols and other usages
    • Main findings
  • Sections
    1. Introduction
    2. Medical labour force composition
    3. Practitioners employed in medicine
      • Age and sex
      • Field of medicine
      • Working hours
      • Work setting and sector
    4. Supply of practitioners
      • Overall supply
      • Clinicians
      • Practitioners in public hospitals
    5. Geographic comparisons
      • Regions
      • States and territories
  • End Matter
    • Appendix A: Supplementary tables
    • Appendix B: Additional tables available from the AIHW web site
    • Appendix C: Explanatory notes on the Medical Labour Force Survey
    • Glossary
    • References

Notes and corrections

  • 17 January 2007: An amendment has been made to Table 13: Employed medical practitioners: sector(a), states and territories, 2000 and 2004 on page 18.
  • 30 May 2007: An amendment has been made to Table 2.7: Full-time equivalent rates for each clinician type.

Recommended citation

AIHW 2006. Medical labour force 2004. Cat. no. HWL 39. Canberra: AIHW.