10.4225/03/590bf10862c72
Birrell, Bob
Bob
Birrell
Hawthorne, Lesleyanne
Lesleyanne
Hawthorne
Medicare plus and overseas-trained medical doctors
Monash University
2017
Australia
1959.1/480704
journal article
1039-4788
Medicare
Overseas trained doctors
monash:64034
2017-05-05 03:27:02
Journal contribution
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Medicare_plus_and_overseas-trained_medical_doctors/4975703
Until the late 1990s the Australian Government’s medical workforce policy focussed on limiting reliance on overseas trained doctors (OTDs). Since that time the reverse policy has been instituted. As a result, by 2004 there was a heavy reliance on temporary entry OTDs in areas of medicine that locally trained doctors were reluctant to service. The introduction of Medicare Plus in mid-2004 has been accompanied by additional initiatives to increase OTD recruitment. This article explores the implications of these policy developments.
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