Since 1990, the number of jobs at hospitals in the region has fallen about 12.5 percent, even as the number of overall jobs in the healthcare industry has grown more than 36 percent. According to the report, the number of jobs in outpatient settings and surgery centers has increased as hospital jobs decline.
Ten years ago, there were around 60 surgery centers in Pennsylvania, according to the report. By 2010, there were more than 260. A spokeswoman from Geisinger Community Medical Center said advances in medicine are moving more procedures into the outpatient setting, naturally creating the need for more workers.
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