Foreign-trained Doctors and Nurses in Australia: Past and Present

My Tran*, John Tayu Lee, Mark Cormack, Fan Xiang, Tomoko Sugiura

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Australia relies substantially on overseas trained health professionals to address the problems of health workforce shortages and distribution. In the last decade, Australia has remained in the top ten OECD countries with the highest shares of foreign-trained health professionals.1 According to the most recent OECD data, the share of foreign-trained nurses in Australia was 18%, tripling the United States' numbers. This 'Data Insights' identifies the recent trends in Australian foreign-trained health workforces, specifically doctors and nurses.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationCanberra
PublisherNational Centre for Health Workforce Studies, ANU
Number of pages7
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2024

Publication series

NameHealth Workforce Data Insights
PublisherNational Centre for Health Workforce Studies, NCEPH, ANU

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