Covista index sees US healthcare workforce shortage nearly doubling by 2040 without action
Bitget2026/09/28 09:00- Covista published a Healthcare Workforce Index projecting the U.S. healthcare workforce shortage nearly doubles by 2040 without intervention.
- Model estimates combined workforce investment, care-delivery innovation could close 92% of the projected 2040 gap.
- Unfilled positions estimated to cost the average U.S. family USD 430 annually now, rising to USD 1,250 by 2040.
- Solving the nursing shortage alone could save nearly 100,000 lives by 2040; closing the physician gap could add over six months to life expectancy.
- AI estimated to close up to 37% of the gap, partly offset by 18% from newly surfaced demand; therapeutics, care redesign add 21%, 13%.
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