Rural Health System Resources
BY RURAL PEOPLE FOR RURAL PEOPLE
Health Workforce Locator - Doctor Connect
Authors
Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Description
The locator shows the health workforce classification and geographical information of any area.
You can see the workforce classifications:
Distribution Priority Area (DPA)
District of Workforce Shortage (DWS)
Modified Monash Model
The Australian Statistical Geography Standard - Remoteness Area
The Australian Standard Geographical Classification - Remoteness Area
Rural, Remote and Metropolitan Areas
Why is this useful for rural and remote people?
The Health Workforce Locator is an important tool for rural and remote people to find out their regional classification and workforce priority status. Health and Medical Workforce distribution policies and funding are based on a distribution priority which takes into account geographic remoteness and the accessibility of workforce in particular locations. Understanding your remoteness and workforce classification is important to understanding the resources you may be able to access and support.
Suggested Citation
Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing (2023) Health Workforce Locator
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