It took Farmer over a year to compile the pay information and, he adds: "That was with it being a bit easier for me as I'd had previous experience working on remuneration reports in industry.
Plans are underway to establish the GMG remuneration committee information and consultative forum (RCICF), which will consist of union and employee nominated representatives.
Prior to study involvement, all participants who meet eligibility criteria will be presented with and asked to sign an informed consent document detailing the study's purpose, assessments and data collection, risks and benefits, privacy and rights, costs and remuneration, and contact information.
One report from 2006 notes that an informant "divulges information for monetary remuneration and likely fabricated or exaggerated the above report for just that reason".
In Australia companies don't have to disclose this ratio, although companies do disclose information about remuneration for executives.
The GPs receive a small remuneration for providing this information.
Previous studies have shown that remuneration model, team structure, information technology infrastructure, and physician panel size all have an impact on quality of care [ 7, 33- 35].
Neither company discloses any information about executive remuneration.
Only 21 of the 50 provide public information on the remuneration of individual executives.
Our findings on the average financial requirements for health personnel provide important information for the remuneration system for CF centres.
The European proposals would oblige companies to disclose "clear, comparable and comprehensive information on their remuneration policies and how they were put into practice".
