Health services: the real jobs machine (ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, Nov. 1992

Health services: the real jobs machine

David R. H. Hiles
Economist, Division of Monthly Industry Employment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics

In term of employment, the best industry performer over the last decade was health services, adding nearly 3 million jobs and accounting for 1 of every 6 new jobs in the economy since 1980. This article provides a brief history of the market for health services and focuses on the industry's employment trends since 1980.

Read excerpt Download full text in PDF (921K)

Related BLS programs
National Current Employment Statistics

Related Monthly Labor Review articles
Who really has access to employer-provided health benefits? June 1995.

Special topics in health care. March 1995.: Home-sweet-home health care.
Drugs manufacturing: a prescription for jobs.
Hospital staffing patterns in urban and nonurban areas.
The effects of health insurance on consumer spending.
Health benefits coverage among male workers.

Special topics in health care. November 1992.: Employee payments for health care services.
Outpatient surgery: helping to contain health care costs.

Within Monthly Labor Review Online:
Welcome | Current Issue | Index | Subscribe | Archives

Exit Monthly Labor Review Online:
BLS Home | Publications & Research Papers