| Assumptions | Unit cost and benefits and data source (Aus$) |
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Efficiencies in teaching | 25% efficiencies due to economies of scale by having a GP Teacher | Â |
GP teacher does all teaching and supervision | Increased service provision by other general practitioners | Â |
Sessional work | GP teacher has small independent patient load-does 3 sessions per week (based on 3.5 hours per session). 80% of billing retained by GP Teacher. | GP hourly rate based on 4 Level B (2 × MBS fee $34.40+ 2 × AMA fee $64) +100% bulk billing item (mean $8.35 of urban and rural location rate). Source: AMA |
Medical students-GP teacher undertakes clinical teaching and patient load | 15 hours medical student teaching per week 7 hours of which involves seeing patients (2 per patients per hour). GP teacher receives 100% of billings | GP hourly rate based on 4 Level B (2 × MBS fee $34.40+ 2 × AMA fee $64) +100% bulk billing item (mean $8.35 of urban and rural location rate): Source: AMA |
 | Receives all teaching allowance Practice Incentive Payment | $100 per session (3 hours)-max 2 session per day through Medicare Australia |
Interns-GP teacher has teaching and supervisory role | GP teacher receives 100% of income generated by the interns | Interns-Income per patient $453.38 (based on Item 23 100% fee + bulk billing item) and mean number of patients seen per week from AOGP database |
 | Receives all teaching allowance from PGPPP | $43,680 per annum (urban) or $38,400 per annum (rural) for PGY1 Source: GPET funding |
GP registrars-GP Teacher has teaching role | GP teacher receives teaching allowance and practice component of registrar income | $32,296 per year for GPT1 Source: GPET funding (GP Registrars) |
Practice | Practice retains all practice subsidies | Interns-$29,000 per annum GPT1 Registrar-$32,296 per year Source: GPET funding (GP Registrars) |
 | Practice retains % GP registrar income | 45% of income generated by GP registrar GP Registrar income-Income per patient $50.39 (based on Level B (half MBS fee $34.40+ half AMA fee $64 + 100% bulk billing item). Source: AMA |
 | Practice retains 20% of income generated by the GP teacher from their 3 independent sessions per week |  |
 | Costs of teaching by GP and practice accounted for but with an efficiency saving of teaching time by 25% |  |
 | The practice retaining 30% of income generated by the other general practitioners during the 10 hours they are now no longer involved in teaching (based on only saving 50% of that time) | GP income: hourly rate based on 4 Level B (2 × MBS fee $34.40+ 2 × AMA fee $64) +100% bulk billing item (mean $8.35 of urban and rural location rate). Source: AMA |