Table 1 Key national data sets/sources
Variable | Data source |
|---|---|
Doctors | |
Workforce headcount/demographics | AIHW medical labour force survey |
Graduates | Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand |
Fellows | Medical colleges |
Immigration | Department of Immigration and Border Protection |
Demand | Hospital separation statistics |
Medicare utilisation statistics | |
Australia New Zealand Intensive Care Society | |
Nurses | |
Workforce headcount/demographics | AIHW nursing and midwifery labour force survey |
Graduates | Department of Education (for registered nurses) and NCVER (for enrolled nurses) |
Immigration | Department of Immigration and Border Protection |
Demand | Hospital separation statistics |
Community care places | |
Residential high care places | |
Home and community care data | |
Australia New Zealand Intensive Care Society | |
Midwives | |
Workforce headcount/demographics | AIHW nursing and midwifery labour force survey |
Graduates | Department of Education |
Immigration | Department of Immigration and Border Protection |
Demand | ABS Australian population projections series B |