澳大利亚的卫生工作人员:在小农村城镇中存在不成比例的缺口
Colin H Cortie1, David Garne1, Lyndal Parker-Newlyn1
1Graduate School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
The Australian journal of rural health
|April 10, 2024
概括
澳大利亚农村地区面临着严重的医疗保健工作人员短缺,特别是在小城镇 (MM5地区). 这种差异影响了医疗服务的提供和结果,原因是私营和公共部门的员工人数减少.
科学领域:
- 医疗卫生工作人员的分布.
- 农村健康差异 农村健康差异
- 获得医疗保健 获得医疗保健 获得医疗保健
背景情况:
- 澳大利亚的医疗保健工作者分布不均,影响了医疗服务提供.
- 农村和偏远地区在获得医疗保健方面面临重大挑战.
- 了解劳动力分布对于公平的健康结果至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 分析医生,护士,助产士和相关卫生专业人员在修改莫纳什模型 (MMM) 地区的分布.
- 确定与不同MMM地区医疗保健劳动力短缺相关的人口和工作场所因素.
- 确定具有最显著医疗保健工作人员缺口的特定地区和部门.
主要方法:
- 澳大利亚注册卫生专业人员的描述性横截面分析 (2021年).
- 检查了MMM地区的人均全职同等 (FTE) 注册人数.
- 分析了人口统计学变量 (年龄,性别,原产地,土著身份) 和部门 (私人/公共).
主要成果:
- 在所有被调查的卫生专业中,MM5地区的每千人FTE最低.
- MM5地区的老年护士,助产士和相关卫生专业人员比例较高.
- 私营部门的人员在MM5-7地区最低;公共部门的人员在MM5地区最低.
结论:
- MM5地区出现了不成比例的医疗保健工作人员短缺.
- 与其他MMM地区相比,短缺与私营和公共部门的人均FTE较低有关.
- 澳大利亚的小农村城镇的人均医疗保健工作人员最少,这可能导致更差的健康结果.
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