Welcome to the LocumTenens.com Primary Care Career and Resource Center! Here
you can stay up-to-date on the latest news and trends in your industry, check
out survey statistics on primary care salaries, find links to organizations and
associations, and more. Of course, you’re only a few clicks away from finding
the perfect primary care employment opportunity, too.
Primary Care Salary and Employment Statistics
The 2009 LocumTenens.com Compensation and Employment Survey reports for Family
Practice, Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics are available.
The 2009 survey highlights annual full-time compensation and salary breakdowns
by region, years in practice, and gender. Respondent demographics including
region of practice, board certification, and time frame for making next job
change are also published. In addition, this year’s survey polled family
practice, internal medicine, and pediatric physicians for their views on
healthcare reform in regard to the nation’s economic recovery. LocumTenens.com
also surveyed primary care physicians to identify economic trends in their
practice over the past year.
Download Reports by Specialty
2009 Internal Medicine Salary report (PDF Version)
2009 Pediatrics Salary report (PDF Version)
2009 Family Practice Salary report (PDF Version)
Primary care is struggling, and no one seems to know what might bring it back
to life. Why aren’t physicians attracted to primary care? A survey conducted by
Merritt Hawkins & Associates got to the bottom of this question by surveying
12,000 physicians. The survey gives interesting insight as to why physicians
are leaning towards locum tenens as their practice style.
When asked what aspects of medicine they find unsatisfying, "reimbursement,"
"managed care issues," and "malpractice/defensive medicine" topped physicians'
lists. About half of those surveyed indicated they will take steps in the next
1 to 3 years that will either take them out of patient care or reduce the
number of patients they see. Some said they will retire, some said they will
seek nonclinical jobs, and some said they will work part-time; which is where
locum tenens come in.
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the complete article here. (LocumLife Magazine, Tim Boes)