Immigrant Health-Care Workers in the United States

Author: 
Szilvia Altorjai and Jeanne Batalova
Date of Publication: 
June, 2017
Source Organization: 
Migration Policy Institute

With health-care reform high on the legislative agenda and the implications of immigration policy changes on particular populations in the news, the role of the foreign born in medical occupations has become a topic of intense interest. Immigrants represent a significant slice of this labor force, comprising almost 17 percent of the 12.4 million people in the United States working as doctors, nurses, dentists, and in other health-care occupations in 2015.

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Citation: 

Altorjai, S. & Batalova, J. (2017). Immigrant Health-Care Workers in the United States. Migration Policy Institute. Retrieved from https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/immigrant-health-care-workers-united-states

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