Patterns of health workforce turnover and retention in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in remote communities of the Northern Territory and Western Australia, 2017–2019

Table 5 Correlations between clinic-level workforce metrics (2017–2019) and health service characteristics

Clinic characteristic	Annual turnover rates					12-month stability rates
Clinic characteristic	All staff	Client facing staff	Non-client facing staff	Aboriginal staff	Non-Aboriginal staff	All staff	Client facing staff	Non-client facing staff	Aboriginal staff	Non-Aboriginal staff
Distance to the nearest regional centre	0.87***	0.79***	0.78***	0.50*	0.89***	− 0.85***	− 0.75***	− 0.78***	− 0.72***	− 0.81***
Regular client service population	− 0.76***	− 0.73***	− 0.56**	− 0.24	− 0.68***	0.65**	0.60**	0.61**	0.26	0.66**
Total unique employees actually working during the 3-year period	− 0.25	− 0.18	− 0.40	− 0.05	− 0.17	0.18	0.06	0.32	0.15	0.15
Average annual clinic headcount during the 3-year period	− 0.71***	− 0.62**	− 0.66**	− 0.28	− 0.61**	0.66**	0.57**	0.69**	0.41	0.59**

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