{"id":8845,"date":"2017-12-06T08:27:34","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T13:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8845"},"modified":"2017-12-06T08:27:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T13:27:34","slug":"doctor-out-sick-a-substitute-physician-is-no-worse-for-patients-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8845","title":{"rendered":"Doctor out sick? A substitute physician is no worse for patients\u2019 health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Max Blau for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s long been thought that hospitalized patients are better off getting treatment from full-time doctors instead of\u00a0temp physicians. Those temps are called in to cover for doctors\u2019 sick days, vacation, or staff vacancies. But new research finds that a doctor\u2019s employment status may have little to do with quality of care. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2017\/12\/05\/temporary-doctors-quality\/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_rjFLIuPKG1AwsN89iRkfD6ysYE81g1zXTeSa1TCgUzYYQh1vMnFvIDDvXEc3tf8LAFTURtDJxPDUFDGZKdSfnspvG2g&amp;_hsmi=59122935\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Max Blau for STAT) It\u2019s long been thought that hospitalized patients are better off getting treatment from full-time doctors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8846,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8845\/revisions\/8846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}