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Objectives The aim of the present study was to provide data to help clarify the public–private division of clinical care provision by doctors in Australia.Methods A secondary analysis was performed of data from the workforce survey administered by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. The questionnaire included demographic and employment questions. Analysis included frequency distributions of demographic variables and mean and median calculations of employment data. Data were analysed from those currently employed in eight adult specialities chosen to provide a mix of surgical and medical fields. The specialties were orthopaedic surgery, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, cardiology, neurology, nephrology, gastroenterology and rheumatology.Results For the specialities analysed in the present study, a large majority of the time spent in patient care was provided in the private sector. For the …