Renou M J
Aust Fam Physician. 1979 Sep;8(9):1011-4.
With the changing situation in medical manpower, it is important that a close watch be kept on the total number of medical practitioners in the community and their distribution between salaried and self-employed work, between hospital and community practice, between city and country practice, between general and specialist practice and between the general specialties and subspecialties. More accurate manpower data are now being sought by the Medical Boards and what must be emphasized is that the collection of these data has to be regular and ongoing, with surveys being conducted each year at the time of registration, and not just spasmodically as the need arises. The groups involved in planning for medical manpower must be able to work with accurate information. Australia is a long way from defining how many medical practitioners are needed in the community, and the RACGP is certainly a long way from defining the number of general practitioners who are needed. As a result, it is probably inappropriate at present to evaluate the current numbers of general practitioners against any stated level of adequacy.
随着医疗人力情况的变化，密切关注社区内执业医生的总数以及他们在受薪工作和自主创业工作之间、医院和社区医疗之间、城市和乡村医疗之间、全科和专科医疗之间，以及一般专科和亚专科之间的分布情况非常重要。医学委员会目前正在寻求更准确的人力数据，必须强调的是，这些数据的收集必须定期且持续进行，每年在注册时进行调查，而不是仅在有需要时偶尔进行。参与医疗人力规划的各方必须能够依据准确的信息开展工作。澳大利亚距离确定社区需要多少执业医生还有很长的路要走，皇家澳大利亚全科医生学院距离确定所需全科医生的数量也还有很长的路要走。因此，目前依据任何既定的充足水平来评估当前全科医生的数量可能并不合适。
