As physicians and other healthcare workers are aware, the economic downturn has had a significant effect on physician practices, both private and hospital based. However there are signs times may be changing for the better. Health care facilities added more people to their payrolls in November, according to several recently released reports.
The change in numbers can vary tremendously from hospital to hospital. Health care added 21,000 jobs in November, with 6,800 of them at hospitals. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 12,600 were added in the ambulatory care setting, including 3,800 in physician offices.
Other recent surveys painted a mixed economic picture for the health care sector. One, released Dec. 2 by the nonprofit public interest research group Conference Board on the number of online advertised job vacancies, found that total listings increased by 106,500 in November. But the number of listings for health care practitioners and technicians dropped 36,000.
Read the full article in American Medical News, or click here:
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2009/12/21/bisb1221.htm
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