Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0219348

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0219348

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Rural General Practitioners in Australia: Costs, Returns and Relative Work Value of Rural Compared with Urban Private General Practitioners. Aims: * To conduct a rurally focused study of GPs in Australia, to address rural GPs' concerns about remuneration, and consumers' concerns about access to rural GPs. * To examine costs, prices, returns and work value differentials between rural and urban GPs. Significance: * The first systematic economic evaluation of rural GP remuneration and work value in Australia. * Reflection of the profession's geographical heterogeneity in policy recommendations. Expected outcomes: * Improved measurements of effects of geographcial location on costs, remuneration and relative work value of rural GPs. * Improved understanding of effects of differential rates of GP bulk-billing.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 04-11-2002

End Date: 31-12-2006

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $67,635.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Health Economics | Primary Health Care | Policy and Administration | Public Policy

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Work not elsewhere classified | Rural health | Health policy economic outcomes |

Other Keywords

Health Economics | Health policy economic outcomes | Policy and Administration | Primary Health Care | Public Policy | Rural health | Work not elsewhere classified

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