Number and Location of Rural Resident Specialists
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Rural and Remote Care
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
Rural Health West
Type of Quality Indicator
Structure
IOM Quality Dimension
Equity
Domain
Resources
Defining Attributes
Definition
Number and Location of Rural Resident Specialists
Numerator
Number of rural resident specialists in a location (see stratified regions)
Denominator
Total number of rural resident specialists
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Region (goldfields, Great Southern, Kimberley, Midwest, Pilbara, South West, Wheatbelt)
Modified Monash Model (2, 3 and 4-7)
Specialties Practised
Length of Stay
Primary Medical Training
Rural Undergraduate Program Participants
Hours worked
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Surveys
Data Collection Methods
Resident Specialist Survey
Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods
Rural Health West database
Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Profile of the rural resident specialist workforce 2022. Accessed 11.04.2024 ruralhealthwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Profile-of-the-rural-resident-specialist-workforce-2023_IHP-1.pdf
Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
No
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025
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Date Modified 02 December 2025