The reality is people who live in country areas of Australia are generally less healthy than those in our big cities. They have a higher burden of disease and are more socioeconomically disadvantaged. At the same time, in the vast majority of instances, the number of employed full-time equivalent registered health professionals decreases on a per-population basis the more remote the location is. Governments have long understood that students who undertake their health and medical studies in rural and regional Australia are more likely to practise in country areas.

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