Using recruiter for locums hospitalist work?

Is this how most people find parttime/locums hospitalist work? I am wondering however if there are disadvantages to using a recruiter - such as salary/hourly rate? If you don't use a recruiter, do you just try to contact the hospitals directly? Recently I was in a situation where one recruiter was giving one hourly rate but another company was stating a higher rate for the same hospital. But because I was already working with the first recruiter (the one w a lower rate) on another... Using recruiter for locums hospitalist work?
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