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Journal article
Impact of the workforce distribution on the viability of the osteopathic profession in Australia: results from a national survey of registered osteopaths
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, Vol.26(1), pp.1-6
2018
PMCID: PMC6131917
PMID: 30214715
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Abstract
Background: Workforce distribution has an important influence on the quality of healthcare delivered in a region, primarily because it impacts access to health services in the community and overall health equity in the population. Distribution of osteopaths in Australia does not appear to follow the Australian population with the majority of osteopaths located in Victoria. The implications of this imbalance on the osteopathic workforce have not yet been explored.
Methods: A secondary analysis of data from a survey of 1531 members of Osteopathy Australia in 2013. The analysis focused on the practice and occupational characteristics associated with practice locality.
Results: The survey was completed by a representative sample of 432 osteopaths. Respondents practicing outside Victoria were more likely to report higher income across all income brackets, and were less likely to report a preference for more patients.
Conclusions: The Australian osteopathic profession should examine the issue of imbalanced workforce distribution as a priority. The results of this study are worth considering for all stakeholders as part of a coordinated approach to ensure the ongoing health of the Australian osteopathic workforce.
Details
- Title
- Impact of the workforce distribution on the viability of the osteopathic profession in Australia: results from a national survey of registered osteopaths
- Creators
- Amie Steel - University of Technology SydneyNigel Jackson - Southern Cross UniversityRaymond Blaich - Southern Cross UniversityMathew Kirk - Southern Cross UniversityJon Wardle - University of Technology Sydney
- Publication Details
- Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, Vol.26(1), pp.1-6
- Publisher
- BioMed Central Ltd.; England
- Identifiers
- 991012925568902368
- Copyright
- © The Author(s). 2018 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
- Academic Unit
- National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine; Allied Health and Midwifery; Faculty of Health; School of Health and Human Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article