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Medical practitioners workforce 2015

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Last updated: 24 Aug 2016
Topic: Workforce
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2016) Medical practitioners workforce 2015, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 06 July 2022.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2016). Medical practitioners workforce 2015. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/workforce/medical-practitioners-workforce-2015

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Medical practitioners workforce 2015. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 24 August 2016, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/workforce/medical-practitioners-workforce-2015

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Medical practitioners workforce 2015 [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2016 [cited 2022 Jul. 6]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/workforce/medical-practitioners-workforce-2015

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There were over 100,000 medical practitioners registered in Australia in 2015. Of this total, around 88,000 were employed in medicine, working an average of 42 hours per week. Among those employed, 2 in every 5 medical practitioners were women; 1 in every 4 was aged 55 or over.

  • Cat. no: WEB 140
Findings from this report:
  • 95.1% of all employed practitioners worked in a clinical role

  • About 1 in 4 medical practitioners were aged 55 or older (27.2%)

  • On average, medical practitioners worked 42.4 hours per week in 2015: for men, 44.9 hours and for women, 38.6 hours

  • 102,805 medical practitioners were registered in 2015, with 88,040 employed in medicine

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    • How many medical practitioners are there?
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    • What is the medical practitioner work setting like?
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The work survey data were provided by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.

Data quality statement

National Health Workforce Data Set: medical practitioners 2015: National Health Workforce Data Set, 2015

Last updated 17/08/2017 v6.0

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