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Health care workforce recovery after the end of the COVID-19 emergency

JAMA

Peer-Reviewed Publication

JAMA Network

About The Study: Health care employment growth decreased amid the pandemic but fully recovered by 2024. This recovery contrasts with non–health care employment trends and may result from health care financing via insurance coverage shielding health care employment from macroeconomic fluctuations. 

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Thuy Nguyen, PhD, email thuydn@umich.edu.

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(doi:10.1001/jama.2025.8588)

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