Availability and quality of publicly available health workforce data sources in Australia: a scoping review protocol.

Gillam, M; Leach, M; Muller, J; Gonzalez-Chica, D; Jones, M; Muyambi, K; Walsh, S; May, E

Availability and quality of publicly available health workforce data sources in Australia: a scoping review protocol.

Gillam, M Leach, M

Muller, J Gonzalez-Chica, D Jones, M Muyambi, K Walsh, S May, E

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Citation:: BMJ open, 2020, 10, (1), pp. e034400
Issue Date:: 2020-01-21

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dc.contributor.author	Gillam, M
dc.contributor.author	Leach, M https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3133-1913
dc.contributor.author	Muller, J
dc.contributor.author	Gonzalez-Chica, D
dc.contributor.author	Jones, M
dc.contributor.author	Muyambi, K
dc.contributor.author	Walsh, S
dc.contributor.author	May, E
dc.date.accessioned	2021-05-19T22:21:56Z
dc.date.available	2021-05-19T22:21:56Z
dc.date.issued	2020-01-21
dc.identifier.citation	BMJ open, 2020, 10, (1), pp. e034400
dc.identifier.issn	2044-6055
dc.identifier.issn	2044-6055
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/148975
dc.description.abstract	<h4>Introduction</h4>The health workforce is an integral component of the healthcare system. Comprehensive, high-quality data on the health workforce are essential to identifying gaps in health service provision, as well as informing future health workforce and health services planning, and health policy. While many data sources are used in Australia for these purposes, the quality of the data sources with respect to relevance, accessibility and accuracy is not clear.<h4>Methods and analysis</h4>This scoping review aims to identify and appraise publicly available data sources describing the Australian health workforce. The review will include any data source (eg, registry, administrative database and survey) or document reporting a data source (eg, journal article, report) on the Australian health workforce, which is publicly available and describes the characteristics of the workforce. The search will be conducted in 10 bibliographic databases and the grey literature using an iterative process. Screening of titles and abstracts will be undertaken by two investigators, independently, using Covidence software. Any disagreement between investigators will be resolved by a third investigator. Documents/data sources identified as potentially eligible will be retrieved in full text and reviewed following the same process. Data will be extracted using a customised data extraction tool. A customised appraisal tool will be used to assess the relevance, accessibility and accuracy of included data sources.<h4>Ethics and dissemination</h4>The scoping review is a secondary analysis of existing, publicly available data sources and does not require ethics approval. The findings of this scoping review will further our understanding of the quality and availability of data sources used for health workforce and health services planning in Australia. The results will be submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals and presented at conferences targeted at health workforce and public health topics.
dc.format	Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
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dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034400
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	1103 Clinical Sciences, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, 1199 Other Medical and Health Sciences
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Peer Review
dc.subject.mesh	Public Health
dc.subject.mesh	Health Policy
dc.subject.mesh	Delivery of Health Care
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Workforce
dc.subject.mesh	Health Workforce
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Delivery of Health Care
dc.subject.mesh	Health Policy
dc.subject.mesh	Health Workforce
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Peer Review
dc.subject.mesh	Public Health
dc.subject.mesh	Workforce
dc.title	Availability and quality of publicly available health workforce data sources in Australia: a scoping review protocol.
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.location.activity	England
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utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services
utslib.for	1199 Other Medical and Health Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
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Abstract:

Introduction

The health workforce is an integral component of the healthcare system. Comprehensive, high-quality data on the health workforce are essential to identifying gaps in health service provision, as well as informing future health workforce and health services planning, and health policy. While many data sources are used in Australia for these purposes, the quality of the data sources with respect to relevance, accessibility and accuracy is not clear.

Methods and analysis

This scoping review aims to identify and appraise publicly available data sources describing the Australian health workforce. The review will include any data source (eg, registry, administrative database and survey) or document reporting a data source (eg, journal article, report) on the Australian health workforce, which is publicly available and describes the characteristics of the workforce. The search will be conducted in 10 bibliographic databases and the grey literature using an iterative process. Screening of titles and abstracts will be undertaken by two investigators, independently, using Covidence software. Any disagreement between investigators will be resolved by a third investigator. Documents/data sources identified as potentially eligible will be retrieved in full text and reviewed following the same process. Data will be extracted using a customised data extraction tool. A customised appraisal tool will be used to assess the relevance, accessibility and accuracy of included data sources.

Ethics and dissemination

The scoping review is a secondary analysis of existing, publicly available data sources and does not require ethics approval. The findings of this scoping review will further our understanding of the quality and availability of data sources used for health workforce and health services planning in Australia. The results will be submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals and presented at conferences targeted at health workforce and public health topics.

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