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Pennsylvania Health Care Jobs, 1998

Pennsylvania Health Care Jobs, 1998. Dennis G. Shea, Ph.D. Department of Health Policy and Administration University Park, PA 16802 Data for this presentation comes from “Road to 2000-II, Update on Pennsylvania” T.Fuller, M. Shields, and S. Smith, College of Agricultural Sciences, Penn State.

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Pennsylvania Health Care Jobs, 1998

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  1. Pennsylvania Health Care Jobs, 1998 Dennis G. Shea, Ph.D. Department of Health Policy and Administration University Park, PA 16802 Data for this presentation comes from “Road to 2000-II, Update on Pennsylvania” T.Fuller, M. Shields, and S. Smith, College of Agricultural Sciences, Penn State

  2. Pennsylvania Job Growth • Job growth overall in the health services industry in Pennsylvania has been quite rapid in the 1990s, rising by 19 percent since 1990 and rising 4.3 percent since 1996 • Nursing and personal care facilities have ADDED more than 6,200 jobs since 1996 and more than 31,000 jobs since 1990 • The fastest growing health services industries from 1996 to 1998 were health and allied services, offices of health practitioners other than physicians and dentists, and physician offices • The greatest number of new jobs in health services from 1996 to 1998 came from physician offices, nursing and personal care facilities, and hospitals • The slowest job growth from 1996 to 1998 occurred in home health care, osteopathic physician offices, and medical and dental labs

  3. Pennsylvania’s Top 10 Growing Industries • Three of the fastest growing industries in Pennsylvania are in health care • nursing homes • home health care • physician practices

  4. Employment Growth in Pennsylvania Health Services Industries, 1990-98

  5. Employment Growth in Pennsylvania Health Services Industries, 1996-98

  6. Total Employment • Nursing homes are the fourth largest industry in PA, with more than 109,000 employees. • Physician practices rank ninth, with almost 74,000 employees • Hospitals still employ more than one-quarter of a million people in Pennsylvania.

  7. Pennsylvania’s Top 10 Industries • Three of the ten largest industries in Pennsylvania are in health care • hospitals • nursing homes • physician practices

  8. Total Employment in Pennsylvania Health Services Industries, 1998

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