Job creation in the state of Michigan is being paced by the healthcare industry, according to a published report.
Healthcare and social assistance last year created 543,900 payroll jobs, achieving the top rank for the private industries of the state, according to The Detroit News. Medical careers are likely to climb in response to patients needing more hospital care than outpatient services during the next 10 years as the population's life span grows longer, according to the human resources chief at the Detroit Medical Center.
"The historic healthcare model in the U.S. is to provide acute episodic care to individuals when they show up at the hospital doorstep," executive vice president Brian Peters for the Michigan Health & Hospital Association told the news source.
The healthcare industry is poised to evolve during the next 10-year period and gravitate toward chronic care management and preventive medicine, Peters told the news source.
The geriatric population of metropolitan Detroit is projected to grow 86 percent through 2040, states a forecast from this past April by the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments.