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Health Care Workforce: Key Issues, Challenges, and the Path Forward

Description
Provides an overview of the supply and distribution of physicians, nurses, direct care workers, behavioral health workers, and oral healthcare providers. Describes persistent challenges related to the healthcare workforce, including supply and distribution of healthcare workers, especially in rural communities; racial and ethnic diversity; burnout; compensation; and administrative burden. Identifies opportunities to address these challenges and efforts supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to address these issues.
Date
10/2024
Type
Document
Organization
HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Tagged as
Behavioral health workforce · Dental workforce · Health workforce education and training · Health workforce supply and demand · Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses · Nurses · Physicians · Policy · Recruitment and retention of health professionals · Reimbursement and payment models · Statistics and data

Organizations (1)

  • HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, view details