Total Full Time Workload Equivalent General Practitioners in New South Wales, Australia by<unk> s<unk> s are geographic<unk> s that are self-sufficient markets of<unk> <unk> . These<unk> s are designed in a manner such that the majority of patients living in these<unk> s use<unk> <unk><unk> s form within the<unk> . This ensures that any geographic targeting of policies and resources reach the patients they are meant for. These geographies have been created in Australia, United States and Switzerland using big data and Geographic information systems. In Australia, while they have been developed for the state of New South Wales, they have not found application among policymakers, where, as of 2016 much larger geographies called<unk>  Health Networks are used for<unk> <unk>  management. However, they have found an especially wide audience amongst policymakers and researchers in the United States, where they were first developed. Thus for example the Health Resources and<unk> s Administration uses them to designate<unk> s of workforce shortage.<unk> s are thus for example an appropriate geography for measuring<unk> <unk>  physician supply or geographic access to General practitioners.
Primary care service area
Direct primary care
Hospital volunteer
Patient portal
E-patient
Therapeutic community
Out-of-hours service
Primary health organisation