Research: Association Between Treatment by Substitute Doctors and 30-Day Mortality

Association Between Treatment by Locum Tenens Internal Medicine Physicians and 30-Day Mortality Among Hospitalized Medicare Beneficiaries – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Substitute Doctors Are Becoming More Common. What Do We Know About Their Quality of Care? – Harvard Business Review (free) AND Doctor out sick? A substitute physician is no worse for patients’ health – STAT (free) AND When the Doctor’s Away – Harvard Medical School, via NewWise (free) AND Mortality rates similar, readmissions lower in hospital patients cared for by locum tenens – ACP Internist (free)