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The availability of high quality health care services is an essential component for community development and growth [1], and is particularly important in rural areas. Several studies conducted over the past 20 years have demonstrated the importance of the health care sector in both industrial development and in the retention of existing rural businesses and industries[2-5]. Although access to quality health care services is important to all community residents, these services are particularly important for retirees and the elderly [6].
In addition to its contributions to community economic growth and development and quality of life, the health care sector is often a major direct contributor to a community’s economy through its employment and local purchasing activities. Studies of rural communities have shown that rural hospitals are often the second largest employer in the community, and the combined economic impact of the healthcare sector, including hospitals, physicians, dentists, and pharmacists, often support between 10 and 15 percent of rural communities employment [3].
This paper describes results of an analysis of Marshfield Clinic’s economic contribution to Marathon and Wood counties (Central Wisconsin) during 1997. These impacts, which are estimated using an input-output model, characterize the Clinic’s contribution to Central Wisconsin’s employment levels and employee compensation in the context of the Clinic’s impact on Central Wisconsin’s healthcare sector and its general economy.
The Central Wisconsin area had an estimated resident population of 197,051 in 1996. Its estimated employment base was slightly over 129,000 persons, and its estimated total economic output was $10.8 billion in 1995 (IMPLAN 1997). Estimated total income was $4.3 billion in 1995, and average income per household was $62,403.
Central Wisconsin’s health care sector, which is a net exporter of health care services, is a major contributor to the area’s economic activity. The health sector, which includes doctors and dentists, nursing and protective care services, hospitals, and other medical and health services enterprises, directly employed 12,279 individuals, accounting for 9.5 percent of total area employment. The sector contributed over $830 million to the economy, which represented about 8 percent of Central Wisconsin’s economic output. By contrast, it accounted for 16 percent of total Central Wisconsin employee compensation (Table 2). The sector’s relatively larger share of compensation relative to both total output and employment reflects the labor-intensive nature of the health care sector and its relatively higher average wages compared to other Central Wisconsin industries.
The organization and delivery of health care services have undergone rapid evolution in
recent years. For many Americans, the cost of services and access to care are important
issues. This certainly is true in many rural areas where communities have struggled to
maintain affordable, quality health care systems. As economic forces and technical
advances continue to change health care, it is more important than ever for rural
community leaders and health care providers to work together to ensure affordable,
sustainable health care systems.
In an effort to provide useful information resources to rural community and health care
leaders, the Kansas Rural Health Options Project (KRHOP) has teamed with the Office of
Local Government, a unit of the Department of Agricultural Economics and K-State
Research and Extension, to develop this report as a component of the Kansas Rural
Health Works program. KRHOP is a partnership of the Office of Local and Rural Health
at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the Kansas Hospital Association,
the Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services and the Kansas Medical Society.
KRHOP is dedicated to assuring quality health care delivery in rural Kansas through the
promotion of collaborative systems of care. Kansas Rural Health Works is supported by
a federal grant to KRHOP (No. 5 H54 RH 00009-03) from the Health Resources and
Services Administration, Office of Rural Health Policy.
The purpose of this report is to provide information resources that may be used to
communicate to community leaders and concerned citizens the relative importance of
health care to the local economy.
Much of this information draws on the national Rural Health Works program sponsored
by the Office of Rural Health Policy, an initiative led by Cooperative Extension Service
specialists at Oklahoma State University. Many persons knowledgeable about the Kansas
health care system also contributed to this report, including specialists at the Kansas
Hospital Association, the Office of Local and Rural Health, and hospital administrators
from across the state who cooperated in the development of these resources.
The availability of high quality health care services is an essential component for community development and growth [1], and is particularly important in rural areas. Several studies conducted over the past 20 years have demonstrated the importance of the health care sector in both industrial development and in the retention of existing rural businesses and industries[2-5]. Although access to quality health care services is important to all community residents, these services are particularly important for retirees and the elderly [6].
In addition to its contributions to community economic growth and development and quality of life, the health care sector is often a major direct contributor to a community’s economy through its employment and local purchasing activities. Studies of rural communities have shown that rural hospitals are often the second largest employer in the community, and the combined economic impact of the healthcare sector, including hospitals, physicians, dentists, and pharmacists, often support between 10 and 15 percent of rural communities employment [3].
This paper describes results of an analysis of Marshfield Clinic’s economic contribution to Marathon and Wood counties (Central Wisconsin) during 1997. These impacts, which are estimated using an input-output model, characterize the Clinic’s contribution to Central Wisconsin’s employment levels and employee compensation in the context of the Clinic’s impact on Central Wisconsin’s healthcare sector and its general economy.
The Central Wisconsin area had an estimated resident population of 197,051 in 1996. Its estimated employment base was slightly over 129,000 persons, and its estimated total economic output was $10.8 billion in 1995 (IMPLAN 1997). Estimated total income was $4.3 billion in 1995, and average income per household was $62,403.
Central Wisconsin’s health care sector, which is a net exporter of health care services, is a major contributor to the area’s economic activity. The health sector, which includes doctors and dentists, nursing and protective care services, hospitals, and other medical and health services enterprises, directly employed 12,279 individuals, accounting for 9.5 percent of total area employment. The sector contributed over $830 million to the economy, which represented about 8 percent of Central Wisconsin’s economic output. By contrast, it accounted for 16 percent of total Central Wisconsin employee compensation (Table 2). The sector’s relatively larger share of compensation relative to both total output and employment reflects the labor-intensive nature of the health care sector and its relatively higher average wages compared to other Central Wisconsin industries.
The organization and delivery of health care services have undergone rapid evolution in
recent years. For many Americans, the cost of services and access to care are important
issues. This certainly is true in many rural areas where communities have struggled to
maintain affordable, quality health care systems. As economic forces and technical
advances continue to change health care, it is more important than ever for rural
community leaders and health care providers to work together to ensure affordable,
sustainable health care systems.
In an effort to provide useful information resources to rural community and health care
leaders, the Kansas Rural Health Options Project (KRHOP) has teamed with the Office of
Local Government, a unit of the Department of Agricultural Economics and K-State
Research and Extension, to develop this report as a component of the Kansas Rural
Health Works program. KRHOP is a partnership of the Office of Local and Rural Health
at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the Kansas Hospital Association,
the Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services and the Kansas Medical Society.
KRHOP is dedicated to assuring quality health care delivery in rural Kansas through the
promotion of collaborative systems of care. Kansas Rural Health Works is supported by
a federal grant to KRHOP (No. 5 H54 RH 00009-03) from the Health Resources and
Services Administration, Office of Rural Health Policy.
The purpose of this report is to provide information resources that may be used to
communicate to community leaders and concerned citizens the relative importance of
health care to the local economy.
Much of this information draws on the national Rural Health Works program sponsored
by the Office of Rural Health Policy, an initiative led by Cooperative Extension Service
specialists at Oklahoma State University. Many persons knowledgeable about the Kansas
health care system also contributed to this report, including specialists at the Kansas
Hospital Association, the Office of Local and Rural Health, and hospital administrators
from across the state who cooperated in the development of these resources.