| Private practice in rural areas: An untapped opportunity for dietitians. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 21771160 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe the current demography of rural dietetic private practice and to determine the drivers and barriers for further development. Design: A sequential explanatory mixed methods approach was used. Document searches and semistructured in-depth individual interviews were used to collect quantitative and qualitative data. Setting: Six rural case study sites of dietetic service delivery in rural northern New South Wales. Participants: Forty key informants including past and present dietitians, dietetic managers and health service managers were recruited, of these a subset of 15 interviews included discussion or comments about private practice in rural areas. Main outcomes measures: Themes identified from the interview transcripts, Medicare enhanced primary care consultation data and public/private dietetic staffing levels from document searches. Results: Private practice staffing ranged between 0% and 26% of the dietetic workforce across the six sites in 2006. Themes relating to the drivers and barriers for private practice were identified: financial factors, job satisfaction, opportunities for private practice and establishing private practice. Conclusions: There is an opportunity for growth of private practice to meet the gap in public dietetic services in rural areas. |
| | |
Authors:
|
Leanne J Brown; Lana J Mitchell; Lauren T Williams; Lesley Macdonald-Wicks; Sandra Capra |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: The Australian journal of rural health Volume: 19 ISSN: 1440-1584 ISO Abbreviation: Aust J Rural Health Publication Date: 2011 Aug |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2011-07-20 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 9305903 Medline TA: Aust J Rural Health Country: Australia |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 191-6 Citation Subset: N |
Copyright Information:
|
© 2011 The Authors. Australian Journal of Rural Health © National Rural Health Alliance Inc. |
Affiliation:
|
University Department of Rural Health and Rural Clinical School Northern NSW, University of Newcastle, Tamworth NEMSC Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Tamworth, New South Wales Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
|
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Predictors of support service use by rural and regional men with cancer.
Next Document: Distribution of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) providers in rural New South Wales, Aus...