Yes, perhaps.  But I don't think it signals economic health either.  It may signal an over-diagnosed, over-medicalized, and generally physically unhealthy society.  Not to mention, it's within a sector with heavy heavy misallocation of resources due to government being the biggest funder.

If that's right, then I think gaining those kinds of jobs in exchange for government bureaucrats is a huge gain for society.

Undisciplined

I have an inkling but not hard data. I think a lot of it is support staff like home health aides, nursing and physician assistant roles, and various kinds of therapists.

These come from my own observations as someone who interacts with a lot of college students and sees the kinds of careers they head into (including outside my formal duties, since there are a lot of college students at my church). I'd say more than a third of them are going into some type of healthcare field

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U.S. adds 130,000 jobs in January, unemployment 4.3%, defying expectations

Coinsreporter

I have an inkling but not hard data. I think a lot of it is support staff like home health aides, nursing and physician assistant roles, and various kinds of therapists. 

These come from my own observations as someone who interacts with a lot of college students and sees the kinds of careers they head into (including outside my formal duties, since there are a lot of college students at my church). I'd say more than a third of them are going into some type of healthcare field