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UTB-CBIRD Report: “At <strong>The</strong> Crossroads” Economic Development 128<br />
Figure Shift-Share 5.17. Shift-Share for Health for Services Health Services & Medical & Medical Manufacturing.<br />
Manufacturing<br />
Cameron County, 1995-2000<br />
CHALLENGE (+)<br />
ASSET<br />
(-)<br />
Hospitals<br />
LIMITATION<br />
Nursing Care Facilities<br />
Local Trends<br />
Medical Devices<br />
(-)<br />
Pharmaceuticals<br />
Labor<strong>at</strong>ories<br />
Other Health Services<br />
(Primarily Home Care)<br />
Offices & Clinics<br />
(+)<br />
N<strong>at</strong>ional Trends<br />
PROSPECT<br />
Source: Minnesota IMPLAN Group, Bureau <strong>of</strong> Labor St<strong>at</strong>istics, and <strong>Texas</strong> Labor Market Inform<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Table 5.17 indic<strong>at</strong>es th<strong>at</strong> regional hospitals and doctors’ <strong>of</strong>fices, beyond their<br />
role as a community healthcare providers, provide wage structures significantly<br />
higher than the rest <strong>of</strong> the local economy and actually pay wages higher than the<br />
st<strong>at</strong>e, when adjusted for cost <strong>of</strong> living.<br />
Labor Force and Health Services Educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
With the expected popul<strong>at</strong>ion growth, a major influx <strong>of</strong> healthcare providers will<br />
be needed to provide adequ<strong>at</strong>e services. It is estim<strong>at</strong>ed th<strong>at</strong> by 2010, assuming<br />
zero net migr<strong>at</strong>ion, 872 more nurses would be needed to maintain current local<br />
popul<strong>at</strong>ion/health pr<strong>of</strong>essional r<strong>at</strong>ios and 2,049 more nurses to achieve n<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
r<strong>at</strong>ios. If popul<strong>at</strong>ion increases <strong>at</strong> the current r<strong>at</strong>e, the study area would require<br />
an additional 1,772 nurses to maintain the st<strong>at</strong>us quo and 4,163 to achieve<br />
n<strong>at</strong>ional levels. For primary care physicians, the requirements for the year 2010<br />
range from an additional 125 practitioners to maintain current r<strong>at</strong>ios – assuming<br />
zero net migr<strong>at</strong>ion – to 358 new doctors under the assumptions <strong>of</strong> current<br />
migr<strong>at</strong>ion and n<strong>at</strong>ional parity.<br />
<strong>The</strong> regional healthcare industry provides an abundance <strong>of</strong> prospects for lower<br />
wage work in health services, while high-skill and high-wage positions are all too<br />
<strong>of</strong>ten filled by pr<strong>of</strong>essionals recruited from other regions in the US and abroad.<br />
Una Region -- Un Futuro
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