INDIA LEADS AS TOP SOURCE OF IMMIGRANT DOCTORS IN US, OCCUPIES SECOND SLOT FOR REGISTERED NURSES
India is the top-source country when it comes to immigrant physicians and surgeons (doctors) working in the US and is the second largest source country for registered nurses. In terms of the total number of immigrant health care professionals working in the US (which includes home health aides and nursing assistants etc), India dropped to the third rank, after Philippines and Mexico.
Of the 9.87 lakh doctors in the US, nearly 26.5% or 2.62 lakh are immigrants. More Indians have moved to the US to work as physicians than any other country.New Jersey, Florida and New York were the top destination American states for immigrant doctors.
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