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Table 9 Actual compared to ideal staffing level for each participating health centre

From: Describing and analysing primary health care system support for chronic illness care in Indigenous communities in Australia's Northern Territory – use of the Chronic Care Model

  

actual

ideal

Actual as a % of ideal

actual

ideal

Actual as a % of ideal

actual

ideal

Actual as a % of ideal

Community

population

AHWs

Nurses

Doctors

A

350

2

4.7

43%

1

1.8

56%

0.1

0.9

11%

B

850

1

4.3

23%

3

2.8

107%

0.6

1.1

55%

C

864

2

4.3

47%

2

2.9

69%

0.2

1.1

18%

D

1,500

6

6.0

100%

2

3.3

61%

2 §

1.5

133%

E

480

4

4.8

83%

2

2.4

83%

0.4

0.8

50%

F

180

0

2.4

0%

2

1.2

167%

0

0.5

0%

G

-- *

1

--

--

1

--

--

2 §

--

--

H

1,100

3

5.5

55%

4

3.7

108%

1§

1.4

71%

I

700

5

7.0

71%

3

3.5

86%

1§

1.2

83%

J

560

3

5.6

54%

3

2.8

107%

1§

0.9

111%

K

300

0

4.0

0%

2

1.5

133%

0.7

0.8

88%

L

450

1

4.5

22%

1

2.3

43%

0.5

0.8

63%

Total

7334

27

53.1

51%

25

28.2

89%

7.5

11

68%

  1. * Population is not easily defined.
  2. † Doctor had not visited the community F for the audited 3 month period due to industrial dispute.
  3. ‡ excluding the data from community G.
  4. §health centres with resident doctors.
  5. Numbers in bold denote having both male and female staff.