(Source: AHRQ 2023 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report.)

https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2023-nhqdr.pdf#page=62 The number of people working in ambulatory settings of the healthcare sector increased by 5.7 percent between January 2020 and January 2023. In the same timeframe, the number of workers employed by nursing homes and residential care facilities decreased by 8.4 percent.