Table 6.1 summarises the number of providers, as a headcount, on workforce programs and some specialised training programs under section 3GA of the Act from 2004-05 to 2012-13. Providers are identified where they have rendered a service on a fee-for-service basis for which claims were processed by Medicare Australia. Those only providing services to public patients in hospitals and through other publicly funded programs within the specified periods are not covered.
Further information on each of the programs is provided below.
Program | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | (e)2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 |
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(a) Providers have claimed through Medicare for at least one service on a valid date for the program in question. Providers may be counted against multiple programs. Source: Australian Government Department of Health administrative data, 2013 | |||||||||
194 – Approved Medical Deputising Services Program | 108 | 141 | 165 | 206 | 215 | 272 | 363 | 446 | 586 |
197 – Approved Private Emergency Department Program | 8 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 34 | 51 |
187 – Approved Placements for Sports Physicians Program (discontinued)(b)(c) | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 13 | - | - |
414 – Sports Physician Trainees | - | 16 | 22 | 21 | 27 | 21 | 29 | 28 | 35 |
617 – Metropolitan Workforce Support Program (discontinued) | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
178 – Prevocational General Practice Placements Program | 21 | 56 | 81 | 134 | 182 | 238 | 400 | 647 | 779 |
177 – Queensland Country Relieving Doctors Program | 161 | 260 | 301 | 293 | 340 | 368 | 354 | 403 | 393 |
190 – Rural Locum Relief Program | 660 | 554 | 551 | 583 | 657 | 767 | 890 | 999 | 1,127 |
179 – Special Approved Placements Program | 7 | 13 | 14 | 37 | 49 | 90 | 159 | 217 | 265 |
198 – Temporary Resident Other Medical Practitioners Program(b)(d) | 70 | 84 | 98 | 106 | 105 | 109 | 109 | 119 | 118 |
176 – Remote Vocational Training Scheme | 10 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 26 | 30 | 36 | 40 | 46 |