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Article: Late News.(NEWS)(statistics of healthcare workforce)(HCA Inc. seeks certification to build new facility)(Michael C. Burgess proposes medicare bill)
- Article from:
- Modern Healthcare
- Article date:
- October 5, 2009
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Healthcare workforce grows by 19,200 jobs in September
The healthcare workforce continued to live in a world apart from the wider economy in September, adding an estimated 19,200 jobs while unemployment in the economy as a whole pushed to a 26-year high, at 9.8%. Healthcare as an industry has not recorded an overall decline in jobs since the start of the recession. Preliminary seasonally adjusted figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show the healthcare sector growing by 0.14% in September. The industry has added 195,400 jobs this year, growing by 1.4%. Most of the growth has been in outpatient settings such as physician offices and home healthcare. ...