This survey displays the top three health care career barriers as identified by women in the United States, as of 2015. Some 44 percent of women stated that they felt that they could not connect with senior leadership and lacked mentors. Women are underrepresented in leadership positions in health care.
Barriers to health care careers identified by women in the United States as of 2015
Career barrier
Share of respondents
Underselling own skills
64%
Work-life balance
53%
Connection to senior leadership and lack of mentors
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Rock Health. (April 1, 2015). Barriers to health care careers identified by women in the United States as of 2015 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/448680/health-care-career-barriers-identified-by-women-in-the-us/
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Rock Health. (2015). Barriers to health care careers identified by women in the United States as of 2015 . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/448680/health-care-career-barriers-identified-by-women-in-the-us/
Rock Health. "Barriers to Health Care Careers Identified by Women in The United States as of 2015 ." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Apr 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/448680/health-care-career-barriers-identified-by-women-in-the-us/
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Barriers to health care careers identified by women in the United States as of 2015 [Graph], Rock Health, April 1, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/448680/health-care-career-barriers-identified-by-women-in-the-us/
