Health Care

Overview

Source: AARP.org | November 1, 2005

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Health care is one of the biggest businesses in the country. It's also growing at a very fast pace, and there are lots of job opportunities in this area. Most health care companies employ either doctors, dentists, or health workers. The health services industry includes anything from small-town private practices with small teams to busy inner-city hospitals that provide thousands of different kinds of jobs.

Health care includes the following nine kinds of companies: hospitals, nursing and residential care facilities, offices of physicians, offices of dentists, home health care services, offices of other health practitioners, outpatient care centers, other ambulatory health care services, medical and diagnostic laboratories.

Types of Jobs Available

  • Nurses
  • Doctors
  • Paramedics
  • Lab technicians
  • Administrative support
  • Dietary and clinical technicians
  • Housekeepers
  • Phlebotomists

Unique Features:

The health care industry is facing a shortage of workers, especially nurses. There are lots of opportunities in this field.

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