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| Hospitalist Management Advisor |
| July 2008 |
| Real estate slump can affect hospitalist shortage |
| You've heard it before. The real estate market is in the midst of a colossal nosedive. The values of homes are plummeting. If you're a hospitalist program director, though, the bad news doesn't end there.
Research from Delta Physician Placement, a national healthcare staffing agency in Dallas, suggests the current decline in the real estate market might be affecting hospitalist programs, namely efforts to recruit and hire physicians from out of town.
Scott Hurst, the director of consulting at Delta, says he first heard about the possible connection between the real estate market and recruitment struggles when casually speaking with a hospital colleague in 2007. |
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