Open AccessThe general practice nurse workforce: Estimating future supply
Author(s) -
Troy Heywood,
Caroline Laurence
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
australian journal of general practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2208-794X
pISSN - 2208-7958
DOI - 10.31128/ajgp-01-18-4461
Subject(s) - workforce , economic shortage , practice nurse , workforce planning , baseline (sea) , business , position (finance) , operations management , economics , medicine , economic growth , political science , finance , linguistics , philosophy , primary care , family medicine , government (linguistics) , law
General practice nurses (GPNs) form an important component of the general practice workforce in Australia. Despite this, there is limited research on estimating their future supply. This study aims to estimate the future GPN supply and the impact of a range of policy and non-policy changes on workforce balances.