Table 1: Net annual growth in the number of active medical practitionersa in Australia by basic qualifications from Australia or overseas, 1985-86 to 1994-95

Increase in active doctors in:

Australian basic qualifications

Overseas basic qualifications

Total

Overseas share of growth

 1985-96

1986-87

1987-88

1988-89

1989-90

1990-91

1991-92

1992-93

1993-94

1994-95

1,020

1,493

1,034

934

860

671

830

638

856

758

294

385

280

298

329

323

343

166

190

303

1,314

1,878

1,314

1,232

1,189

994

1,173

804

1,046

1,061

22.4

20.5

21.3

24.2

27.7

32.4

29.2

20.6

18.2

28.6

 a ‘Active’ is defined as making at least one claim for which a Medicare medical benefit was paid in a financial year.

Source: Department of Human Services and Health, unpublished