Table 2 Characteristics of family physician appointments in rural NSW between 2003 and 2012
From: The value of survival analyses for evidence-based rural medical workforce planning
Variable | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Location population and remoteness | <5,000 population size and inner regional | 582 | 17.4 |
<5,000 population size and outer regional | 433 | 12.9 | |
<5,000 population size and remote/very remote | 92 | 2.7 | |
5,000–15,000 population size and inner regional | 611 | 18.2 | |
≥5,000 population size and outer regional | 277 | 8.3 | |
>15,000 population size and inner regional | 1,359 | 40.5 | |
Proceduralists | Yes | 579 | 17.3 |
No | 2,237 | 66.7 | |
Missing | 538 | 16.1 | |
Registration | Full | 2,656 | 79.2 |
Conditional (Area of need or Overseas trained family physician) | 492 | 14.7 | |
Missing | 206 | 6.1 | |
Visiting medical officer | Yes | 1,741 | 51.9 |
No | 1,158 | 34.5 | |
Missing | 455 | 13.6 | |
Total of each variable | 3,354 | 100.0 |