Table 5 Correlations between workforce metrics for nurses and Aboriginal health practitioners 2013–2015 and health service characteristics
Health service characteristic | Annual turnover | Stability after 12 months | 2 years + experienced nurse or AHP | 12 month survival probability | Median survival | Agency-employed nurse FTE ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Distance to the nearest hospital | 0.1071 | − 0.1872 | − 0.1074 | − 0.0720 | − 0.0499 | 0.2182 |
Distance to Darwin or Alice Springs | − 0.0146 | − 0.2303 | − 0.0156 | 0.0073 | − 0.0419 | 0.2378 |
Community population size | − 0.2183 | − 0.0587 | 0.3846** | 0.1080 | 0.1255 | 0.1757 |
Average number of nurses and AHPs actually working | − 0.2929* | − 0.0270 | 0.5163** | 0.0419 | 0.1232 | 0.0900 |
Average number of FTE nurse and AHP positions on 2015 organisational chart | − 0.1799 | − 0.1856 | 0.4076** | 0.0167 | 0.1575 | 0.0831 |