Hospitals employed roughly 4.73 million workers in March 2011 on a seasonally adjusted basis. This number rose to 4.74 million in April.
Since April 2010, hospitals have added nearly 60,000 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis.
Read the BLS release on hospital jobs.
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Hospital Mass Layoffs Dropped Slightly in First Quarter
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