| Sumario: | Data from the 1989 and 1992 Occupational Employment Statistics surveys show that staffing patterns in metropolitan and non-metropolitan hospitals are very different. Non-metropolitan hospitals employ relatively fewer physicians, registered nurses, technicians, and other health care professionals, and relatively more individuals in paraprofessional occupations related to bedside care. The number of jobs in health care occupations requiring more education and higher skills between 1989 and 1992 increased both in absolute terms and as a percentage of industry employment, with many lower-skilled service occupations decreasing as a share of industry employment. Other findings on hospital employment, by occupation, are presented, metropolitan and non-metropolitan staffing patterns are further examined, and variations by state in hospital staffing patterns are discussed.
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