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3. In the period from 1 July 1991 to 31 December 1991, a total of $650 064 was
earned by salaried doctors. This income includes Health Insurance Commission,
Veterans Affairs, Workers Compensation and Third Party payments as well as
direct client payment for non rebatable services.
4. Salary and superannuation costs for the 17.5 FTE doctors for the same period was $557 612.
5. Each doctor on average generated a surplus of $5 283 for the 6 month period.
6. The average number of clients seen by doctors at each Health Centre (based on 1 July to 31 December 1991 statistics) is as follows:
Belconnen Health Centre 634 per month
City Health Centre 905 per month
Melba Health Centre 1 134 per month
Narrabundah Health Centre 989 per month
Phillip Health Centre 756 per month . -
Tuggeranong Health Centre 297 per month
Womens Health Service 220 per month
It should be noted that these are individual client contacts and do not include other duties performed by the doctors.
Additional caution must betaken when looking at these figures as number of clients seen does not correlate directly with income earned.
7. Average salary costs to ACT Health for clients seen by:
a. doctors, a surplus of 18 cents per occasion of service b. nurse practitioner, a cost of $10 per occasion of service c. speech pathologist, a cost of $49 per occasion of service d. physiotherapists, a cost of $15 per occasion of service
in the 6 month period 1 July 1991 to 31 December 1991.
Again these figures relate only to individual client contact and do not take into account group work, community development or health promotion activities.
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