The changing demographics of the orthotist/prosthetist workforce in Australia: 2007, 2012 and 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous Australian workforce analyses revealed a small orthotist/prosthetist workforce with a low number of practitioners per 100,000 Australians. In recent years, initiatives were implemented to increase relative workforce size, including a government-led change in immigration policy to facilitate entry of experienced internationally trained orthotist/prosthetists into the Australian workforce. Given these changes, this project aimed to compare demographics of the orthotist/prosthetist workforce in Australia and each state/territory between 2007, 2012 and 2019.

Methods

This quasi-experiment analysed data from the Australian Orthotic Prosthetic Association (AOPA) database of certified orthotist/prosthetists, to compare changes in the absolute number of practition

SUBMITTER: Ridgewell E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7968165 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature