Table 2.
Comparison of the health workforce FTE rate (per 100,000 population) in rural and remote Australia with major cities by health workforce categories and study years (2013–2021)
| Years | Health workforce | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allied health† | Medical practitioner† | Nurses and midwives† | ||||
| Rural | Cities | Rural | Cities | Rural | Cities | |
| 2013 | 217 (8.8) | 720 (93.4) | 192 (9.3) | 723 (160.3) | 1060 (33.3) | 2030 (440.8) |
| 2014 | 217 (8.8) | 726 (90.7) | 200 (9.2) | 726 (161.5) | 1045 (32.8) | 1998 (433.8) |
| 2015 | 231 (12.0) | 739 (93.2) | 203 (10.0) | 705 (153.7) | 1036 (32.5) | 1918 (411.4) |
| 2016 | 247 (14.2) | 750 (94.0) | 216 (10.9) | 714 (155.1) | 1058 (34.7) | 1923 (414.4) |
| 2017 | 248 (14.9) | 761 (96.4) | 219 (10.6) | 722 (154.7) | 1071 (35.7) | 1904 (402.2) |
| 2018 | 266 (16.6) | 772 (98.3) | 220 (11.2) | 722 (157.7) | 1099 (35.6) | 1923 (412.8) |
| 2019 | 362 (18.5) | 864 (103.5) | 225 (10.9) | 721 (158.2) | 1115 (36.6) | 1926 (412.9) |
| 2020 | 398 (18.1) | 896 (100.5) | 213 (10.5) | 719 (156.8) | 1100 (36.1) | 1867 (393.5) |
| 2021 | 390 (14.8) | 971 (111.8) | 219 (10.8) | 757 (163.7) | 1145 (37.2) | 2034 (424.7) |
| p value* | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.3 | > 0.9 | 0.5 | > 0.9 |
†Mean (se)
*Kruskal–Wallis rank sum test. H0: there is no difference between years. p < 0.001 implies we reject H0