in Health Care Jobs Naturalized citizens top healthcare jobs were a mix of more and less skilled occupations somewhat resembling nativeborn US citizens Noncitizens were ID: 552215
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Immigrants
in Health Care Jobs
Naturalized
citizens’
top healthcare jobs were a mix of more and less skilled occupations, somewhat resembling native-born U.S. citizens.Noncitizens were more concentrated in less skilled jobs. They were slightly younger, less educated, and more often unemployed. They thus appeared to be at more long-term financial risk.Two to three times as many immigrants with bachelor’s and master’s degrees held lower skilled jobs compared with native-born citizens. Some immigrants thus appeared to be greatly overqualified for their jobs, though we do not know the specific degrees they held.Strategies are needed for the U.S. to grow more of its own healthcare workforce to reduce reliance on importing workers from poorer countries in Asia, Latin America, and Africa.The U.S. may not be making the most of its immigrant healthcare workers. Otherwise qualified immigrants may be unable to obtain U.S. credentials to practice their professions and may lack opportunities for upward mobility. More research is needed on the specific degrees and credentials they bring from their home countries, their career trajectories, and potential solutions to make better use of their skills.
Davis G. Patterson,
PhD; Bianca K. Frogner, PhD
T
op source countries/regions*of immigrants in healthcare
Women healthcare workers
Mean age
of healthcare workers
Healthcare worker migration
and time in U.S.
Married
healthcare workers
Metropolitan/nonmetropolitan
residence of healthcare workers
Conclusions
Top
states’ shares of
all
immigrants
in
healthcare
jobs
Immigrants’ top healthcare jobs
Healthcare
jobs
employing greatest shares of immigrants
Employees with bachelor’s degree or higher
Employees with bachelor’s degree or higherin less skilled jobs
Employees with master’s degree or higherIn less skilled jobs
Immigrants look ~2-3 times as likely as native-born to be greatly overqualified for less skilled healthcare jobs.
This study was supported by the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis (NCHWA), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under cooperative agreement #U81HP27844. The information, conclusions and opinions expressed in this presentation are those of the authors and no endorsement by NCHWA, HRSA or HHS is intended or should be inferred.
Davis Patterson, PhDDepartment of Family MedicineUniversity of Washington Center for Health Workforce Studiesdavisp@uw.edu 206.543.1892 http://depts.washington.edu/uwchws/
Top three countries:1. Philippines2. Mexico3. India
The World
Health Organization’s Code of Practice on the
International Recruitment of Health Personnel recommends that countries monitor health care provider migration to detect imbalances, particularly between poorer and richer countries. This study examined the following questions:How dependent is the U.S. on immigrants in health care jobs?Where do immigrants working in health care come from, what are their demographic characteristics, and where do they reside in the U.S.?What are the most common healthcare jobs of immigrants?How well do their jobs align with their levels of education?
Immigrant employment in the U.S.Immigrants are 18% of all employed workers, 16% of workers employed in health care.Employment in health care:Native born: 10.8%Naturalized: 14.4%Noncitizen: 6.5%Unemployment rate among health care workers (2011-13), compared to 9.0% for total labor force:Native born: 4.7%Naturalized: 3.4%Noncitizen: 6.0%
Findings
Implications
Using a 3-year (2011-13) pooled
, weighted sample of the American Community
Survey (ACS), an annual household survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, the study teamselected persons ages 18-75 employed in healthcareidentified native-born U.S. citizens and immigrants (naturalized citizens and noncitizens), andcomputed aggregate statistics.Occupations were defined following the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) System.
Methods
Findings
Objective
* Due to sample size, some individual countries were suppressed.
Acknowledgment
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