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Table 4: Employment, Hours, and Earnings in Private1 Health Service Establishments by Selected Type of Establishment: 1999-2003

  Calendar Year 2000
Q4
2001
Q1
2001
Q2
2001
Q3
2001
Q4
2002
Q1
2002
Q2
2002
Q3
2002
Q4
2003
Q1
2003
Q2
2003
Q3
Type of establishment 1999 2000 2001 2002
Total Employment in Thousands
Nonfarm Private Sector1 108,686 110,996 110,707 108,886 112,099 109,974 111,374 111,339 110,143 107,499 109,144 109,555 109,348 107,265 108,669 109,184
Health Care2 10,292 10,439 10,743 11,075 10,533 10,588 10,693 10,804 10,885 10,934 11,029 11,122 11,215 11,238 11,332 11,372
Ambulatory Health Care Services
4,227 4,320 4,461 4,633 4,368 4,387 4,443 4,488 4,527 4,555 4,614 4,653 4,712 4,715 4,768 4,821
Offices of Physicians
1,787 1,840 1,911 1,983 1,866 1,880 1,904 1,924 1,937 1,949 1,966 1,996 2,019 2,027 2,044 2,058
Offices of Dentists
667 688 705 725 696 697 703 710 710 713 723 729 737 738 747 754
Outpatient Care Centers
375 386 400 410 391 394 398 401 405 407 409 410 413 412 414 413
Home Health Care Services
630 633 639 675 633 625 633 642 655 658 674 675 694 693 707 711
Private Hospitals
3,935 3,954 4,051 4,153 3,979 4,004 4,029 4,072 4,099 4,115 4,137 4,172 4,189 4,200 4,215 4,240
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
2,529 2,583 2,676 2,743 2,613 2,629 2,664 2,695 2,714 2,721 2,736 2,751 2,765 2,767 2,788 2,793
Nursing Care Facilities
1,501 1,514 1,547 1,574 1,524 1,530 1,541 1,553 1,563 1,564 1,570 1,578 1,582 1,580 1,587 1,586
Residential Mental Health Facilities
418 437 461 473 446 450 459 466 468 469 472 475 477 481 484 487
Continuing Care Retirement Communities
210 214 222 247 216 217 221 225 228 230 233 236 244 245 247 248
Nonsupervisory Employment
Nonfarm Private Sector1 88,430 90,336 89,983 88,419 91,248 89,193 90,560 90,589 89,589 87,321 88,749 88,923 88,684 86,421 87,917 88,329
Health Care2 9,162 9,298 9,578 9,852 9,381 9,437 9,536 9,633 9,708 9,758 9,817 9,881 9,954 9,945 10,013 10,033
Ambulatory Health Care Services
3,626 3,714 3,834 3,965 3,753 3,771 3,821 3,856 3,889 3,915 3,950 3,973 4,024 4,006 4,039 4,051
Offices of Physicians
1,495 1,545 1,601 1,648 1,566 1,578 1,598 1,611 1,619 1,630 1,636 1,656 1,672 1,671 1,674 1,682
Offices of Dentists
576 594 610 627 600 602 607 614 615 618 624 628 639 632 639 640
Outpatient Care Centers
319 337 350 356 341 346 350 351 355 356 356 355 358 355 357 354
Home Health Care Services
580 583 588 622 583 576 583 590 603 606 621 620 641 638 653 656
Private Hospitals
3,630 3,649 3,746 3,835 3,674 3,701 3,727 3,766 3,792 3,812 3,824 3,848 3,856 3,861 3,872 3,890
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
2,258 2,304 2,391 2,451 2,330 2,346 2,380 2,410 2,428 2,435 2,446 2,455 2,467 2,462 2,480 2,482
Nursing Care Facilities
1,349 1,360 1,393 1,417 1,370 1,376 1,387 1,399 1,410 1,411 1,415 1,419 1,423 1,419 1,426 1,423
Residential Mental Health Facilities
366 382 403 414 388 393 402 408 410 411 413 416 418 420 421 425
Continuing Care Retirement Communities
190 193 202 214 195 196 200 204 207 209 212 217 222 222 223 223
Average Weekly Hours
Nonfarm Private Sector1 34.3 34.3 34.0 33.9 34.2 33.8 34.0 34.2 33.8 33.5 34.0 34.1 33.9 33.6 33.7 33.9
Health Care2 32.3 32.5 32.6 32.7 32.6 32.6 32.6 32.8 32.6 32.5 32.6 32.8 32.8 32.9 32.8 32.9
Ambulatory Health Care Services
30.5 30.5 30.7 31.1 30.6 30.7 30.7 30.8 30.8 30.7 31.0 31.3 31.4 31.6 31.3 31.1
Offices of Physicians
32.5 32.4 32.7 33.1 32.5 32.6 32.6 32.8 32.7 32.8 33.0 33.2 33.2 33.4 33.0 32.9
Offices of Dentists
27.3 27.4 27.3 27.2 27.4 27.4 27.3 27.1 27.5 26.9 27.1 27.4 27.5 27.6 27.5 27.0
Outpatient Care Centers
30.3 30.3 30.5 30.9 30.3 30.2 30.4 30.7 30.5 30.5 30.9 31.1 31.3 32.0 32.3 32.6
Home Health Care Services
27.0 27.4 27.7 28.4 27.4 27.5 27.6 27.8 27.7 27.7 28.1 28.7 29.3 29.4 29.0 28.8
Private Hospitals
33.8 34.1 34.3 34.3 34.2 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.2 34.1 34.2 34.4 34.4 34.6 34.6 34.9
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
32.8 32.9 33.0 32.8 33.0 32.7 32.9 33.4 33.0 32.7 32.8 33.1 32.7 32.6 32.5 32.7
Nursing Care Facilities
32.6 32.8 32.8 32.5 32.9 32.5 32.8 33.2 32.8 32.5 32.5 32.7 32.4 32.3 32.1 32.3
Residential Mental Health Facilities
34.1 34.2 34.3 34.1 34.2 34.0 34.1 34.6 34.3 34.0 34.2 34.3 34.0 33.9 33.8 34.2
Continuing Care Retirement Communities
32.0 32.2 32.3 32.3 32.3 32.0 32.1 32.7 32.3 31.8 32.3 32.8 32.3 32.3 32.2 32.4
Average Hourly Earnings
Nonfarm Private Sector1 13.46 14.00 14.53 14.95 14.25 14.38 14.46 14.55 14.72 14.81 14.85 14.96 15.18 15.32 15.32 15.39
Health Care2 14.27 14.81 15.57 16.28 15.10 15.35 15.43 15.62 15.87 15.99 16.12 16.40 16.63 16.80 16.76 16.94
Ambulatory Health Care Services
14.42 14.99 15.59 16.26 15.25 15.42 15.51 15.61 15.83 15.96 16.11 16.38 16.59 16.79 16.78 16.95
Offices of Physicians
15.04 15.65 16.25 17.05 15.94 16.13 16.16 16.25 16.47 16.64 16.76 17.22 17.56 17.83 17.81 17.98
Offices of Dentists
15.14 15.96 16.74 17.78 16.26 16.48 16.66 16.73 17.09 17.32 17.77 17.95 18.08 18.22 18.18 18.40
Outpatient Care Centers
14.61 15.29 15.95 16.50 15.65 15.80 15.84 15.97 16.17 16.21 16.35 16.55 16.91 17.28 17.51 17.86
Home Health Care Services
12.44 12.83 13.18 13.37 12.82 13.01 13.16 13.23 13.32 13.39 13.36 13.36 13.38 13.55 13.55 13.71
Private Hospitals
16.18 16.71 17.72 18.63 17.06 17.39 17.50 17.82 18.16 18.26 18.44 18.75 19.06 19.24 19.16 19.38
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
10.16 10.67 11.19 11.60 10.89 11.05 11.12 11.25 11.35 11.44 11.48 11.67 11.79 11.82 11.80 11.88
Nursing Care Facilities
10.51 11.08 11.69 12.13 11.32 11.52 11.60 11.76 11.88 11.98 12.01 12.21 12.34 12.43 12.46 12.58
Residential Mental Health Facilities
9.55 9.95 10.38 10.72 10.15 10.28 10.33 10.43 10.47 10.56 10.64 10.80 10.87 10.81 10.76 10.79
Continuing Care Retirement Communities
9.80 10.32 10.87 11.27 10.54 10.73 10.79 10.92 11.03 11.12 11.18 11.38 11.42 11.40 11.42 11.49
Addenda: Hospital Employment in Thousands
Total
5,126 5,141 5,253 5,375 5,166 5,194 5,225 5,280 5,313 5,329 5,353 5,400 5,421 5,437 5,459 5,493
Private
3,935 3,954 4,051 4,153 3,979 4,004 4,029 4,072 4,099 4,115 4,137 4,172 4,189 4,200 4,215 4,240
Federal
221 222 229 228 225 227 229 230 230 228 227 228 228 231 233 237
State
344 343 345 351 341 342 342 347 349 347 349 353 354 353 353 355
Local
626 622 628 644 621 622 624 631 636 639 640 646 650 653 657 661

1 Excludes hospitals, clinics, and other health-related establishments run by all governments.

2 Health care is the sum of ambulatory health services, private hospitals, nursing care facilities, residential mental health facilities, and continuing care retirement communities

NOTES: Data presented here conform to the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification.

Q designates quarter of year. Quarterly data are not seasonally adjusted.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: Employment and Earnings. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office. Monthly reports for January 1998 - February 2003.


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