Small businesses are seeing labor growth this year, but hospitals still have staffing shortages.
Healthcare worker numbers are steadily growing but remain below pre-pandemic trends, according to a Bank of America report published in April.
Outpatient care centers are 9.4% behind on growth, while the hospital labor force has seen small gains at 0.3%.
In fact, healthcare workers made up a significant portion of the people leaving their jobs during the Great Resignation.
Patients will still see labor shortages in ERs and care facilitiesDespite labor gains, patients could still experience the impacts of the physician shortage.
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