Centre for Research Excellence in Medical Workforce Dynamics.

Does telemedicine technology affect prescribing quality in primary care? The case of antibiotics

D Avdic, JS Kunz, SJ Méndez, M Wiśniewska

2026-01-01

We study the impact of telemedicine technology on antibiotic prescription rates using linked administrative data from Australia on..

Junior doctors’ specialty choice: Stated and revealed preferences over more than a decade

SJ Méndez, A Scott, P Sivey

2025-06-01

An important health policy issue in many countries is the over-specialisation of the medical workforce. Understanding junior docto..

Associations between corporate ownership of primary care providers and doctor wellbeing, workload, access, organizational efficiency, and service quality

A Scott, T Taylor, G Russell, M Sutton

2024-04-01

Traditionally, in many countries general practices have been privately-owned independent small businesses. However, the last three..

Work-related factors and the risk of common mental disorder 1 year later: A prospective cohort study among junior doctors

K Petrie, A Gayed, MJ Spittal, N Glozier, F Shand, SB Harvey

2024-03-01

Objective: This study investigated the relationship between work-related factors at baseline and the risk of common mental disorde..

Does doctors' personality differ from those of patients, the highly educated and other caring professions? An observational study using two nationally representative Australian surveys

M Ammi, J Fooken, J Klein, A Scott

2023-04-24

Objectives Personality differences between doctors and patients can affect treatment outcomes. We examine these trait disparities,..

Vocational and psychosocial predictors of medical negligence claims among Australian doctors: a prospective cohort analysis of the MABEL survey

OM Bradfield, M Bismark, A Scott, M Spittal

2022-06-01

Objective To understand the association between medical negligence claims and doctors' sex, age, specialty, working hours, work lo..

Medical negligence claims and the health and life satisfaction of Australian doctors: A prospective cohort analysis of the MABEL survey

OM Bradfield, M Bismark, A Scott, M Spittal

2022-05-19

Objective To assess the association between medical negligence claims and doctors' self-rated health and life satisfaction. Design..

Gender differences in physician decisions to adopt new prescription drugs.

Susan J Méndez, Anthony Scott, Yuting Zhang

2021-05-01

Physician adoption of new technologies is a key issue for population health and the sustainability of the healthcare system. This ..

The role of financial factors in the mobility and location choices of General Practitioners in Australia

Michelle McIsaac, Anthony Scott, Guyonne Kalb

2019-05-24

Background The geographic distribution of health workers is a pervasive policy concern. Many governments are responding by introdu..

What factors affect physicians' labour supply: Comparing structural discrete choice and reduced-form approaches

G Kalb, D Kuehnle, A Scott, TC Cheng, SH Jeon

2018-02-01

Little is known about the response of physicians to changes in compensation: Do increases in compensation increase or decrease lab..

Do Financial Incentives Influence GPs' Decisions to Do After-hours Work? A Discrete Choice Labour Supply Model

B Broadway, G Kalb, J Li, A Scott

2017-12-01

This paper analyses doctors' supply of after-hours care (AHC), and how it is affected by personal and family circumstances as well..

Competition, prices and quality in the market for physician consultations

H Gravelle, A SCOTT, P Sivey, J Yong

2016-04-01

Prices for consultations with General Practitioners (GP's) in Australia are unregulated, and patients pay the difference between t..

The supply of general practitioners across local areas: Accounting for spatial heterogeneity

M McIsaac, A Scott, G Kalb

2015-10-03

Background: The geographic distribution of general practitioners (GPs) remains persistently unequal in many countries despite nota..

Getting doctors into the bush: General practitioners' preferences for rural location

A Scott, J Witt, J Humphreys, C Joyce, G Kalb, SH Jeon, M McGrail

2013-11-01

A key policy issue in many countries is the maldistribution of doctors across geographic areas, which has important effects on equ..

What factors influence the earnings of general practitioners and medical specialists? Evidence from the medicine in Australia: Balancing employment and life survey

TC Cheng, A Scott, SH Jeon, G Kalb, J Humphreys, C Joyce

2012-11-01

To date, there has been little data or empirical research on the determinants of doctors' earnings despite earnings having an impo..

How do rural GPs' workloads and work activities differ with community size compared with metropolitan practice?

MR McGrail, JS Humphreys, CM Joyce, A Scott, G Kalb

2012-08-20

Rural communities continue to experience shortages of doctors, placing increased work demands on the existing rural medical workfo..

Who should receive recruitment and retention incentives? Improved targeting of rural doctors using medical workforce data

JS Humphreys, MR McGrail, CM Joyce, A Scott, G Kalb

2012-02-01

Objective: The objective of this study was to define an improved classification for allocating incentives to support the recruitme..

A randomised trial and economic evaluation of the effect of response mode on response rate, response bias, and item non-response in a survey of doctors

A Scott, SH Jeon, CM Joyce, JS Humphreys, G Kalb, J Witt, A Leahy

2011-09-06

Background: Surveys of doctors are an important data collection method in health services research. Ways to improve response rates..

Rural Amenity and Medical Workforce Shortage: Is there a Relationship?

MR Mcgrail, JS Humphreys, C Joyce, A Scott, G Kalb

2011-05-01

Rural Australia continues to experience a chronic medical workforce shortage. For a variety of reasons, recruiting to and retainin..

Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life (MABEL)

W Yan, TC Cheng, A Scott, CM Joyce, J Humphreys, G Kalb, A Leahy

2011-03-01

Australian doctors' satisfaction with their work: Results from the MABEL longitudinal survey of doctors

CM Joyce, S Schurer, A Scott, J Humphreys, G Kalb

2011-01-03

Objective: To compare the level and determinants of job satisfaction between four groups of Australian doctors: general practition..

Professional satisfaction in general practice: Does it vary by size of community?

MR McGrail, JS Humphreys, A Scott, CM Joyce, G Kalb

2010-07-19

Objective: To investigate whether the level of professional satisfaction of Australian general practitioners varies according to c..

The "medicine in Australia: Balancing employment and life (MABEL)" longitudinal survey - Protocol and baseline data for a prospective cohort study of Australian doctors' workforce participation

CM Joyce, A Scott, SH Jeon, J Humphreys, G Kalb, J Witt, A Leahy

2010-03-23

Background. While there is considerable research on medical workforce supply trends, there is little research examining the determ..