One-Fifth Of Health Care Facilities Used Temporary Behavioral Health Professionals In 2013

About 21% of health care facility administrators reported in a survey that during 2013 they staffed psychiatrist or psychologist positions for one or more days using temporary professional staff through locum tenens contracts. Among the survey responses, primary care, hospitalists, and behavioral health were the top three specialties in highest demand for temporary professional staffing in 2013.

More than 28% of facility administrators had used primary care locum tenens physicians, and 24% used hospitalists. About 90% of the administrators said they used locum tenens physicians at some point during 2013. Over 75% of health care facilities used at least one . . .