Table 1 Summary of nurse and Aboriginal health practitioner workforce metrics, by community population size and type
Population size category of remote community | Number of clinics | Mean annual nurse and AHP turnover (%) (95% CI) | Mean nurse and AHP annual stability (%) (95% CI) | Mean number of pay periods per year with an experienced nurse or AHP (95% CI)a | Mean survival probability for nurses and AHPs after 12 months (95% CI) | Average survival time for nurses and AHPs in years (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
<200 predominantly Aboriginal | 7 | 120 (68, 209) | 61.9 (37.6, 100.0) | 9.7 (8.4, 11.1) | 0.12 (0.03, 0.29) | 0.38 (0.08, 0.88) |
200–349 predominantly Aboriginal | 12 | 172 (128, 232) | 54.9 (40.5, 74.4) | 17.0 (15.7, 18.4) | 0.10 (0.04, 0.18) | 0.19 (0.11, 0.31) |
350–799 predominantly Aboriginal | 16 | 149 (120, 185) | 53.6 (43.5, 66.0) | 18.6 (17.4, 19.8) | 0.17 (0.11, 0.24) | 0.23 (0.15, 0.31) |
≥800 predominantly Aboriginal | 11 | 116 (97, 138) | 54.5 (46.4, 64.1) | 23.3 (21.7, 25.0) | 0.25 (0.19, 0.31) | 0.46 (0.38, 0.54) |
Predominantly non-Aboriginal | 7 | 82 (56, 120) | 60.8 (44.0, 83.9) | 17.7 (16.0, 19.6) | 0.24 (0.12, 0.38) | 0.31 (0.11, 0.69) |
Total | 53 | 128 (114, 144) | 55.3 (49.6, 61.6) | 17.9 (17.3, 18.6) | 0.20 (0.16, 0.24) | 0.34 (0.27, 0.42) |