WOMEN: What percent of health care workforce is female?

Percent Females in Healthcare Workforce (as of roughly 2010 to 2012)

• 74 percent total
• 71 percent mid-level managers
• 54 percent executive officers/senior officers
• 24 percent senior execs
• 18 percent hospital CEOs

Diversified Search Data on Background of Hospital CEOs

• For men
  • 35.7 percent medicine
  • 16.7 percent finance
  • 14.3 percent administration
• For women
  • 43.9 percent nursing
  •   9.6 percent medicine
  •   6.4 percent finance
  •   6.4 percent human resources
  •   6.4 percent administration

Source: The ultimate data sources for the “percent female” data are cited as the American College of Healthcare Executives, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the American Hospital Association, as published in: Hauser, M.C. (2014, September-October). Leveraging women’s leadership talent in healthcare. Journal of Healthcare Management. 59(5), 318-322.  Click here for access to article: http://coles.kennesaw.edu/centers/womens-leadership-center/docs/JHM59-FINAL_Hauser%20col_perm-to-link%20lg.pdf   Posted by AHA Resource Center (312) 422-2050, rc@aha.org