Policy | Item | Source | Costs |
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Increased role substitution (scenario 3) | Average cost of nurse consultations | Medicare Australia—unreferred attendances practice nurse items, 2013−2016 [51] | Average cost for nurse consultations was based on total services and total benefits averaged over 4 years. Average cost of nurse consultations: AUD $13.74 |
Average cost of GP consultations | Medicare Australia—unreferred attendances VR, non−VR and enhanced primary care items, 2013–2016 [51] | Average cost for GP consultations was based on total services and total benefits averaged over 4 years Average cost of GP consultations: AUD $48.48 | |
Increased GP training positions (scenario 6) | Cost of training a GP registrar | GPET Annual Report to June 2014 [24] | Annual cost based on 5-year average cost per FTE training week of AUD $962 × 52 weeks (2009–2013) Annual cost of one training position: AUD $50,024 Represents total expenditure by Regional Training Provides on the AGPT program including recurrent and non-recurrent costs |
Reduced IMG recruitment (scenario 8) | Average cost to recruit an IMG | International Recruitment Strategy (IRS), Department of Health Budget Portfolio statements 2014–2015 [52] Rural Health Workforce Australia Annual reports 2013 to 2016 [53,54,55,56] | Four-year average target for IMGs recruited through the IRS Four-year average cost of IRS program Average cost of recruitment of IMG: AUD$28,769 |