Chart 5.6: Impact of Community Hospitals on U.S. Jobs, 2022
Source: This analysis used 2022 data from the American Hospital Association Annual Survey and applied 2022 Lightcast multipliers (released in 2023) to calculate economic impact.
Notes:
(1) Due to rounding, the sum of the direct and ripple effects may not equal the total economic contribution.
(2) Direct Effect includes full-time and part-time hospital jobs.
(3) Community hospitals include all non-federal, short-term general and specialty hospitals whose facilities and services are available to the public.