Overall employment in the U.S. health sector dropped sharply at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, and has slowly recovered since then. However, as of November 2021, it was still 2.7 percent lower than in February 2020. A closer look at health employment in different settings shows that while employment in hospitals and physician offices have increased to figures similar to before the pandemic, the number of workers employed at community care facilities for the elderly and nursing care facilities continued to decrease.
This statistic shows the cumulative percentage change in U.S. health sector employment during the COVID-19 pandemic from February 2020 to November 2021, by setting.
Cumulative percentage change in U.S. health sector employment during the COVID-19 pandemic from February 2020 to November 2021, by setting
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Kaiser Family Foundation, & Peterson Center on Healthcare. (December 10, 2021). Cumulative percentage change in U.S. health sector employment during the COVID-19 pandemic from February 2020 to November 2021, by setting [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281200/change-in-health-sector-employment-during-covid-pandemic-by-setting/
Kaiser Family Foundation, und Peterson Center on Healthcare. "Cumulative percentage change in U.S. health sector employment during the COVID-19 pandemic from February 2020 to November 2021, by setting." Chart. December 10, 2021. Statista. Accessed October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281200/change-in-health-sector-employment-during-covid-pandemic-by-setting/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Peterson Center on Healthcare. (2021). Cumulative percentage change in U.S. health sector employment during the COVID-19 pandemic from February 2020 to November 2021, by setting. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281200/change-in-health-sector-employment-during-covid-pandemic-by-setting/
Kaiser Family Foundation, and Peterson Center on Healthcare. "Cumulative Percentage Change in U.S. Health Sector Employment during The Covid-19 Pandemic from February 2020 to November 2021, by Setting." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281200/change-in-health-sector-employment-during-covid-pandemic-by-setting/
Kaiser Family Foundation & Peterson Center on Healthcare, Cumulative percentage change in U.S. health sector employment during the COVID-19 pandemic from February 2020 to November 2021, by setting Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281200/change-in-health-sector-employment-during-covid-pandemic-by-setting/ (last visited October 02, 2024)
Cumulative percentage change in U.S. health sector employment during the COVID-19 pandemic from February 2020 to November 2021, by setting [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, & Peterson Center on Healthcare, December 10, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281200/change-in-health-sector-employment-during-covid-pandemic-by-setting/