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Substitute Doctors Are Becoming More Common. What Do We Know About Their Quality of Care?

Harvard Business Review

physicians working as locum tenens has risen steadily from an estimated 26,000 physicians in 2002 to 48,000 physicians in 2016, or approximately 5% of the physician workforce. At the same time, there has been concern over whether locum tenens physicians provide lower quality care compared to permanent staff.