Table 4 Predicted median survival of rural family physicians based on Cox proportional hazards model
From: The value of survival analyses for evidence-based rural medical workforce planning
Predicted median survival (years)† | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country of primary medical degree | Workload characteristics | Inner regional and population size less than 5,000 | Outer regional and population size less than 5,000 | Remote and population size less than 5000 | ||
Coastal | Inland | Coastal | Inland | Inland | ||
Australia | Proceduralist | 19.5 | 14.2 | 12.6 | 9.6 | 4.2 |
VMO rights | ||||||
Non-proceduralist | 11.1 | 8.6 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 3.0 | |
VMO rights | ||||||
Non-proceduralist | 6.6 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 2.1 | |
No VMO rights | ||||||
‘Other’ country | Proceduralist | 10.7 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 2.9 |
VMO rights | ||||||
Non-proceduralist | 6.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 2.2 | |
VMO rights | ||||||
Non-proceduralist | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 1.7 | |
No VMO rights | ||||||