Is there a doctor in the house?

Posted by Jim Stroud

September 16, 2006

If you are recruiting doctors, business is good. Very good actually. See below…

U.S. healthcare organizations are looking for more physicians than they were a year ago, survey results released today by physician recruiting firm LocumTenens.com indicate.

Almost half (45%) of the physician recruiters responding to a recent LocumTenens.com online survey reported they recruited more than 20 physicians in the past year. This compares to 27% of respondents who reported that volume of physician-recruiting activity in summer 2005.

According to results of the June 2006 survey of the 700-member Association of Staff Physician Recruiters (ASPR), about a third of respondents (32%) recruited more than 30 physicians in the past year, while 60% recruited more than 10 in the same time frame (up from 48% in the physician recruiting firmÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s 2005 survey).

LocumTenens.com reported that 60% of the respondents to this yearÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s survey represent organizations with more than 100 physicians on staff, including 37% who represent hospitals, medical groups or health systems with more than 200 physicians on staff.

Forty percent (40%) said their organizations plan to spend more than $300,000 on physician recruitment in 2006, including 19% who said their organizations planned to spend more than $500,000 this year.

READ: Physician Recruiters Report Greater Demand for Physicians

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