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Workforce Demand

Workforce demand is an economic concept based on the willingness of employers to purchase the services of health care professionals at a particular compensation level. Demand is a primary reference point in workforce studies because it takes into account economic realities, and because current levels of employment reflect economic demand.

Authors: Paula Kett | Betty Bekemeier | Davis Patterson | Kay Schaffer

Topics: COVID-19, Staffing, Workforce Demand

June 15, 2023
This article compares rural and urban local public health workforces, including competencies and training needs, COVID-19 impact, and turnover risk.
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Authors: Ben Dunlap | Anne Basye | Susan Skillman

Topics: Staffing, Workforce Demand

December 6, 2021
This report examines why and how background checks on the health workforce are used; the broad variation of laws, regulations, and policies that govern them; their potential misuse; and ways to use background checks to help ensure patient safety while supporting health workforce development.
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November 2, 2021
This webinar examines governor-issued executive orders that expanded scope-of-practice or reduced regulatory barriers for out-of-state healthcare practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Authors: Andrew Jopson | Bianca Frogner

Topics: Staffing, Workforce Demand, Workforce Supply

November 1, 2021
This report examines healthcare workers in self-employment, contingent, and alternative nonstandard work categories, identifies occupations involved in these types of work, and discusses workers’ personal characteristics.
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Authors: Stephen McCall | Kezia Scales | Joanne Spetz

Topics: COVID-19, Nursing, Staffing, Workforce Demand, Workforce Supply

October 20, 2021
This report explores how direct care workers and workers from similar entry-level occupations became unemployed during the COVID-19 pandemic; to what extent the skills of displaced workers align with those of direct care occupations; and how many displaced workers re-entered the workforce (including into direct care jobs) within the following year.
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