The Development of Healthcare Jobs in the COVID-Pandemic—A New Economic Market

Abstract

BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic commenced in China and has caused the death of numerous people globally. Despite the adverse effects, the outbreak has created room for job opportunities in healthcare, particularly the pharmaceutical domain. The main goal of this study is to examine how the current pandemic has triggered job creation in the healthcare domain and created a new economic market.MethodsThe study used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic and Meta-analyses for Scoping Review (PRISMA-ScR) to structure the manuscript and the subheadings to use. The source used to gather data is the PubMed database.ResultsThe study exclusively included fourteen articles, five of which focused on the pharmaceutical sector, three focused on vaccine sales, three on vaccination centers, and three on testing centers.ConclusionThe COVID-19 pandemic has created job opportunities in the healthcare sector. Most jobs are in the pharmaceutical sector, vaccination, and testing centers. However, more comprehensive research on the topic is necessary to gather conclusive outcomes on whether these jobs will be relevant after the pandemic.

Model Selection for a Bayesian Gravity Flow Model with Application to 2020 Job Flow Data

“…Pre-pandemic, women accounted for more nonfarm payroll jobs than men, however, by May 2020, losses primarily in the leisure and hospitality industry caused the relationship to reverse (Stevenson, 2020). The healthcare industry experienced high demand for emergency workers, but suffered high unemployment in non-emergency sectors (Bachmann et al, 2022). Lockdowns and safety measures also led to heavy unemployment in food and service industries (Gumber and Sullivan, 2022).…”