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Introduction: Disparities between metropolitan and non‐metropolitan health workforce must be addressed to reduce inequities in health care access. Understanding factors affecting early career practitioners' choice of practice location can inform workforce planning. Objective: To investigate influences on rural practice location preferences of recent graduates. Design: Cross‐sectional analysis linked university enrolment, Graduate Outcomes Survey (GOS) and Australian Health Professional Regulation Agency (Ahpra) principal place of practice (PPP) for 2018 and 2019 nursing and allied health graduates from two Australian universities. Chi‐squared tests and logistic regression compared rural versus urban PPP and locational preference. Findings: Of 2979 graduates, 1295 (43.5%) completed the GOS, with 63.7% (n = 825) working in their profession and 84.0% of those (n = 693) in their preferred location. Ahpra PPP data were extracted for 669 (81.1%) of those working in their profession. Most reported influences were 'proximity to family/friends' (48.5%), 'lifestyle of the area' (41.7%) and 'opportunity for career advancement' (40.7%). Factors most influential for rural PPP were 'cost of accommodation/housing' (OR = 2.26, 95% CI = 1.23–4.17) and 'being approached by an employer' (OR = 2.10, 95% CI = 1.12–3.92). Having an urban PPP was most influenced by 'spouse/partners employment/career' (OR = 0.53, 95% CI = 0.30–0.93) and 'proximity to family/friends' (OR = 0.41, 95% CI = 0.24–0.72). Discussion: While the findings add strength to the understanding that graduates who originated from a rural area are most likely to take up rural practice in their preferred location, varied social and professional factors are influential on decision‐making. Conclusions: It is imperative to recruit students from non‐metropolitan regions into health professional degrees, as well as addressing other influences on choice of practice location. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background Limited studies of patient survival and alcoholic relapse following transplantation for alcoholic liver disease have been described in Australian populations. Aim To describe these outcomes in an Australian population, to determine the association between harmful alcoholic relapse and patient survival, and to examine pre-transplant variables associated with harmful relapse. Methods Single centre, retrospective review of consecutive patients transplanted at the South Australian Liver Transplant Unit. Relapse was identified by an independent investigator using case note review and confidential patient questionnaire. Results A total of 87 patients (median age 52 years, 84% male, median Model for End-Stage Liver Disease ( MELD) score 18) was included in the study with a median follow-up time of 50 months. The 1-, 3- and 5-year survival of patients was 93.1, 87.4 and 82.0% respectively. Two deaths were directly attributable to graft failure due to alcohol. Fourteen (16%) patients fulfilled criteria for harmful relapse and 18 (21%) patients experienced any form of relapse to alcohol. Harmful relapse was associated with increased mortality (hazard ratio ( HR) 3.2, 95% confidence interval ( CI) 1.1-9.7, P = 0.041). Only two factors were independently associated with harmful relapse on multivariate analysis; prior alcohol rehabilitation ( HR 8.4, 95% CI 2.5-28.4, P = 0.001) and single versus married status ( HR 0.09, 95% CI 0.02-1.2, P = 0.019). Conclusion Good patient survival outcomes were seen for this South Australian population. Harmful alcohol relapse occurs in a minority of patients and rarely results in direct graft loss. Modifiable pre-transplant factors that predict harmful relapse were not identified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]