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Distribution Priority Area (for General Practitioners)

  • From 1 July 2019, the Distribution Priority Area (DPA) replaced Districts of Workforce Shortages as the distribution system to direct medical practitioners to communities of greatest need across Australia.
  • The methodology for assessing need changed from a simple GP to population ratio to a more accurate picture of where patients access their services, taking account of a range of demographics (gender/age) and socio–economic factors.
  • There are two DPA layers for GPs; one for General Practitioners and one for Bonded Medical Students.
  • Further information on the DPA is available on the DoctorConnect website at: www.doctorconnect.gov.au.
  • The DPA classification system is an impartial mechanism and the Department of Health cannot make discretionary changes to the status of an area. *The next annual update is scheduled for 1 July 2020.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Title Distribution Priority Area (for General Practitioners)
Type Dataset
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia
Data Status active
Update Frequency annually
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/7d889af7-9506-4eb5-930e-cefe6b5f39c1
Date Published 2020-02-25
Date Updated 2023-08-09
Contact Point
Department of Health
data.governance@health.gov.au
Temporal Coverage 2020-02-25 05:38:35
Geospatial Coverage http://www.ga.gov.au/place-names/PlaceDetails.jsp?submit1=GA1
Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
Data Portal data.gov.au
Publisher/Agency Department of Health