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There is no single fix for the healthcare workforce shortage. The Covista Healthcare Workforce Index, based on a model by Oliver Wyman, sizes the 2040 gap and identifies the levers that could close 92% of it, including investment in people, AI-driven efficiency, new treatments and redesigned care models.

The Covista Healthcare Workforce Index, based on a model by Oliver Wyman, estimates that unfilled healthcare positions cost the average family about $430 a year today. That is money spent not on better care, but on covering the consequences of an understaffed healthcare system. Left unaddressed, the Index projects that figure could climb to $1,250 a year by 2040, with rural and underserved communities bearing the heaviest toll. The same modeling estimates $46 billion a year in avoidable costs for healthcare systems today, driven by overtime premiums, temporary staffing and patients turning to costly ER visits when they cannot get timely care. By 2040 that figure could nearly triple to $140 billion annually. This is not the cost of care. It is the cost of not having enough people to deliver it.

The Covista Healthcare Workforce Index estimates 92% of the 2040 healthcare workforce gap could close—find out how. Instant access- no form, no sign-up.

The Covista Healthcare Workforce Index estimates 92% of the 2040 healthcare workforce gap could close—but only if all six levers move at once. Download now- no form, no sign-up.

The Covista Healthcare Workforce Index estimates 92% of the 2040 healthcare workforce gap could close—but only if all six levers move at once.

The Covista Healthcare Workforce Index projects that AI efficiencies could close 37% of the 2040 healthcare workforce gap, but AI could also widen that gap by 18%. The Covista Healthcare Workforce Index explains why.