Job Growth in California's Health Care Sector Slowing to a Crawl Amid Ongoing Recession

Although health care previously was a robust sector of California’s economy, the state now is experiencing a slowdown in the growth of health care jobs.

Many residents who lost their jobs and their employer-based health coverage during the recession have opted to delay or forgo certain medical services. The decline in demand for health services has contributed to a lower demand for health workers.

In a California Healthline Special Report by Kelly Wilkinson, experts discussed the challenges facing new graduates of nursing schools and medical schools.

The Special Report includes comments from:

Deloras Jones, executive director of the California Institute for Nursing and Healthcare;
Dylan Roby, assistant professor of health services at the UCLA School of Public Health; and
Neeraj Sood, associate professor and director of international programs at the University of Southern California’s Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics (Wilkinson, California Healthline, 1/14).

The complete transcript of this Special Report is available as a PDF.

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<h1>Job Growth in California’s Health Care Sector Slowing to a Crawl Amid Ongoing Recession</h1>
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			January 14, 2011		</time>
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<p>Although health care previously was a robust sector of California’s economy, the state now is experiencing a slowdown in the growth of health care jobs.</p><p>Many residents who lost their jobs and their employer-based health coverage during the recession have opted to delay or forgo certain medical services. The decline in demand for health services has contributed to a lower demand for health workers.</p><p>In a <i>California Healthline </i>Special Report by Kelly Wilkinson, experts discussed the challenges facing new graduates of nursing schools and medical schools.</p><p>The Special Report includes comments from:</p><ul><li>Deloras Jones, executive director of the California Institute for Nursing and Healthcare; </li><li>Dylan Roby, assistant professor of health services at the UCLA School of Public Health; and </li><li>Neeraj Sood, associate professor and director of international programs at the University of Southern California’s Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics (Wilkinson, <i>California Healthline</i>, 1/14).</li></ul><p>The complete transcript of this Special Report is <a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2011/01/chlspecialreporttranscript11411.pdf">available as a PDF</a>.</p><ul><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/job-growth-in-californias-health-care-sector-slowing-to-a-crawl-amid-ongoing-recession/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/job-growth-in-californias-health-care-sector-slowing-to-a-crawl-amid-ongoing-recession/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/job-growth-in-californias-health-care-sector-slowing-to-a-crawl-amid-ongoing-recession/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Job%20Growth%20in%20California%27s%20Health%20Care%20Sector%20Slowing%20to%20a%20Crawl%20Amid%20Ongoing%20Recession&body=https%3A%2F%2Fcaliforniahealthline.org%2Fnews%2Fjob-growth-in-californias-health-care-sector-slowing-to-a-crawl-amid-ongoing-recession%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/job-growth-in-californias-health-care-sector-slowing-to-a-crawl-amid-ongoing-recession/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/job-growth-in-californias-health-care-sector-slowing-to-a-crawl-amid-ongoing-recession/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p>

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