Medical Training Review Panel 19th Report

3GA Programs Providers

Table 6.1 summarises the number of providers, as a headcount, on workforce programs and some specialised training programs under section 3GA of the Act from 2004-05 to 2014-15. Providers are identified where they have rendered a service on a feeforservice basis for which claims were processed by the Australian Government Department of Human Services - Medicare. Those only providing services to public patients in hospitals and through other publicly funded programs within the specified periods are not covered.

The Australian Government Department of Health has recently been able to obtain information that gives the precise specialty code that was valid at the time of the claim. Using the new methodology based on registered specialty variable, the statistics for all programs across all years have been refreshed. As most of the 3GA codes are location specific, this information has not made a large difference to the counts for these programs. The numbers for not location specific programs were significantly refined. The new methodology has allowed producing statistics for the Australian General Practice Training Program for earlier years.

Further information on each of the programs is provided below.

Table 6.1: Providers on approved 3GA programs placements, 2004-05 to 2014-15