Using archival employee data to examine retention patterns for healthcare workers in non-metropolitan Australia: a survival analysis
Understanding retention patterns of the healthcare workforce is crucial to developing and implementing supportive interventions to enhance HCW retention in rural areas. Our findings show that the overall retention rate in this population is comparable to international evidence and may be slightly better than some previously reported rates from other Australian studies. Our findings suggest that profession, employment type, sector type, age, and geographical remoteness influenced employee retention. Further research is needed to fully explore and understand the reasons for HCWs leaving their roles and supportive measures that enable reasonable HCW retention rates.
Authors
- Priya Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2092-6551)
- Anna Coghlan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6562-9465)
- Lee O’Malley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7522-0935)
- Tony Fallon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9833-912X)
- J.P. Elliott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1214-1594)
- Clara Walker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7888-5142)
- Bahram Sangelaji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0405-7915)
- Ansmarie Van Erp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2130-6565)
- Hwee Sin Chong
Institutions
- Griffith University (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- University of Southern Queensland (AU)
- Toowoomba Hospital (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2025-04-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12725-6
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.55