When people talk about rural health, they often do so in deficit-based language. Much of this is because health outcome disparities across Australia's population have been extensively documented , with differences in the aggregated health status of people living in rural and metropolitan areas regularly highlighted. 'Rural' health outcomes are poorer – the solution must lie in increasing the workforce, and better distribution of health professionals in these areas. Or does it? We know there's maldistribution of the health workforce .

https://lens.monash.edu/@medicine-health/2023/06/14/1385775/in-rural-and-remote-healthcare-investing-in-workforce-isnt-enough

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