The Geographically-adjusted Index of Relative Supply (GIRS) summary score measures the consistency of relative workforce supply in geographic areas using GIRS scores across seven professions—GPs, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, dentists, psychologists and optometrists. That is, it counts the number of times that each geographic area has a GIRS score of 0 or 1 for each of the seven professions. It gives a summary score between 0 and 7, with higher values reflecting a higher number of workforce supply challenges for that area.
An interactive GIRS summary score map of Australia is presented.