More physicians plan to work as locum tenens, according to a wide-ranging report by The Physicians Foundation and physician search firm Merritt Hawkins citing data from a survey of 17,236 active physicians. The report covers a variety of issues in addition to type of work.

In terms of locum tenens, the survey found 11.5% of physicians plan to work as locum tenens in the next one to three years. That’s up from a similar survey in 2014 when only 9.1% of physicians said the same.

Among physicians ages 45 and younger, 12.8% said the planned to work as a locum tenens in the next one to three years, according to the most recent survey. That compares to 10.8% of physicians 46 and older who said the same.

Also, a greater percentage of male physicians, 12.3%, than female physicians, 9.7%, said they planned to work as locum tenens.

And 12.4% of primary care physicians said they planned to work as locum tenens compared to 11.0% of specialists.

The full report is available online.

The Physicians Foundation is a national, nonprofit grant-making organization aimed at advancing the work for practicing physicians.