Who are New Zealand's doctors?: gender, migration and changing living arrangements

In New Zealand, as in all industrialised countries, demand for health services has been increasing. Studies of the changing nature of medical workforce often focus on gender and migration separately. In addition, the living arrangements of doctors are rarely considered. This study uses both migration and census data to focus on three main questions. In the last two decades (1986 to 2006), how has the mix of doctors changed in terms of sex and whether born in New Zealand overall, and what are the differences across the main urban areas, other urban areas and rural areas? How have the living arr ... Show more

Authors: Callister, Paul; Badkar, Juthika; Didham, Robert

Published: Wellington, New Zealand, Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, 2008

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: 37 p.

Access item: http://ips.ac.nz/publications/files/8fccd50da04.pdf

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