Table 1.

Summary of Remote Health Centre Characteristics

Expenditure
• workforce or staff	• drugs, medical consumables and equipment
• professional development	• accounting / legal/ insurance expenses
• recruitment	• other
• communications	• corporate cost allocation
• vehicle operation	• capital and depreciation
• buildings
ABS 2011 Population Demographics
	• workforce Participation
• catchment population	• Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA)
• age	• travel time to nearest regional centre
• Indigenous status	• distance to nearest regional centre
• English spoken at home	• Australian Standard Geographical Classification – Remoteness Area (ASGC-RA)
Service Delivery
• consultations per annum	• resident service provided
• patients currently registered	• visiting service provided
• patients seen in past 6 months	• regularity and duration of visiting services