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Message from the President
Executive summary
About the report
Chapter 1: Patient interactions and health trends in general practice
General practice patient profile
Reasons people are seeing their GP
Patient experiences of general practice care
Access to general practice care
Cost of care
Accessing multidisciplinary care in general practice
Emerging issues for patients and the health system
Chapter 2: State of the general practice workforce
Current workforce characteristics
GP distribution
General practice setting
GP job satisfaction and challenges
GP perceptions
Intentions of current GPs to stop practising
Chapter 3: General practice viability
Government contribution to care
General practice ownership
Challenges of practice ownership
Chapter 4: Future workforce
More GPs are recommending general practice as a career
The intentions of non-practising GPs
Chapter 5: Innovation within general practice
Practising GPs’ mindset towards innovation
GPs don’t feel well informed about innovation
GPs believe innovation benefits both the patient and the profession
Perceived barriers and enablers to innovation in general practice
The use of specific tools within general practice
Artificial intelligence
Acknowledgements
References
List of figures
References
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Downloads
References
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