Open AccessHow do Australian general practitioners spend their time? A cross-sectional analysis of Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life (MABEL) data examining ‘non-billable workload’
Author(s) -
Alison Brown,
Joanne Enticott,
Grant Russell
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
australian journal of general practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2208-794X
pISSN - 2208-7958
DOI - 10.31128/ajgp-09-20-5631
Subject(s) - workload , cross sectional study , medicine , family medicine , management , economics , pathology
While Australian general practitioners (GPs) gain most of their income from direct patient interactions, they also spend time attending to professional or practice responsibilities. The aim of this study was to determine the time Australian GPs spend on work away from direct patient care ('non-billable work'), and practice and practitioner factors associated with non-billable work.