Tracking Turnover Among Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic – A Cross-sectional Study

Authors: Bianca Frogner, PhD | Janette Dill, PhD, MPH

Topics: COVID-19, Staffing

Research Center: University of Washington Center for Health Workforce Studies

April 19, 2022

Millions health care workers lost their jobs during the first peak of the pandemic when clinics closed temporarily and hospitals postponed surgeries to prevent the spread of the COVID-19. Although most of those jobs returned by the fall of 2020 and the job market continued to improve, health care employment is still lower than pre-pandemic levels.

This article compares turnover rates before the pandemic (January 2019-March 2020) with the first 9 months (April 2020-December 2020) and latter 8 months of the pandemic (January 2021-October 2021) to identify which health care workers were at highest risk of exiting the health care workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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University of Washington Center for Health Workforce Studies