Glass half full: Survival analysis of new rural doctor retention in Western Australia.

Objective: To measure the time trends in retention of new rural doctors in Western Australia (WA) and identify factors associated with improved retention.

Design: Retrospective inception cohort study of the 1154 doctors first commencing rural practice in WA in 2004-2013, who provided 1222 tours of service consisting of up to eight attachments at different rural practice settings.

Main Outcome Measure: Failure of doctor retention as evidenced by an absence from the rural medical workforce of greater than 1 year and analysed using actuarial survival methods and Cox proportional hazards regression.

Effects of a multidisciplinary, post-discharge continuance of care intervention on quality of life, discharge satisfaction, and hospital length of stay: a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To determine the impact of a hospital-coordinated discharge care plan, involving a multidisciplinary team of primary health care providers, on hospital length of stay, quality of life, and both patient and general practitioner inclusion in, and satisfaction with, discharge procedures.

Design: This investigation comprised a prospective, randomized, controlled, clinical trial.

Setting: This multicentre and cross-jurisdictional study focused on areas of tertiary and primary health care as well as community allied health in Western Australia.