Figure 1. Distribution of employment among health care subsectors, 2015
Health care subsector	Employment (percent of total health care sector employment)
Ambulatory health care services	42.8
Hospitals	35.8
Nursing and residential care facilities	21.4
Note: Ambulatory health care services include doctors’ offices, laboratories, and outpatient care facilities. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.