The Medical journal of Australia
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Multicenter Study
The desire and capability of Australian general practitioners to change their working hours.
To explore factors associated with general practitioners' desire to work less and their success in making that change. ⋯ A number of factors appear to determine both the desire of GPs to reduce hours and their subsequent success in doing so. Declining working hours have contributed to the perceived shortage in GPs. Therefore, designing policies that address not just the absolute number of medical graduates but also their subsequent level of work may alleviate some of the pressures on the Australian primary health care system.