Economic Impact of Florida’s Hospitals

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In 2011, Florida’s hospitals generated 927,763 full- and part-time jobs and $120 billion in total economic contributions statewide, according to a University of Florida economic impact study released in March 2013 by the Florida Hospital Association. Hospitals paid $17.12 billion in employee salaries and benefits; average annual earnings per employee were $56,437.

(The total employment impact of Florida hospitals in 2011 was 25.5 percent higher than estimated in a 2009 study.)

Each year, Florida’s hospitals care for 2.6 million inpatients and 8.7 million patients in emergency rooms, deliver 200,000 babies and perform nearly 2 million surgical procedures.

In 2011, there were 301 non-federal licensed hospitals in Florida, with 63,774 beds.

Regional numbers (this includes the 18 counties in the 850 area code):

Region 1
Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton counties

Employment (full and part time) 
29,505

Economic Output
$4.1 billion

Region 2
Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla and Washington counties

Employment (full and part time)
30,722

Economic Output
$3.3 billion

County/Hospital(s)

Bay

Bay Medical Center, Emerald Coast Behavioral Hospital, Gulf Coast Medical Center, HealthSouth Emerald Coast Rehab Hospital, Select Specialty Hospital-Panama City

Calhoun 

Calhoun-Liberty Hospital Inc.

Escambia

Baptist Hospital Inc., Sacred Heart Hospital of Pensacola, Select Specialty Hospital-Pensacola, West Florida Hospital, West Florida Rehabilitation Institute

Franklin

George E. Weems Memorial Hospital

Gadsden 

Florida State Hospital, Gadsden Memorial Campus of Capital Regional Medical Center

Gulf

Sacred Heart Hospital on the Gulf

Holmes 

Doctors Memorial Hospital

Jackson

Campbellton-Graceville Hospital, Jackson Hospital

Leon

Capital Regional Medical Center, Eastside Psychiatric Hospital, HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Tallahassee, Select Specialty Hospital-Tallahassee, Tallahassee Memorial Hospital

Okaloosa

Fort Walton Beach Medical Center, Gulf Coast Treatment Center, North Okaloosa Medical Center, The Rehabilitation Institute of Northwest Florida, Twin Cities Hospital

Santa Rosa

Baptist Hospital Inc. (d/b/a Gulf Breeze Hospital), Jay Hospital, Santa Rosa Medical Center, West Florida Community Care Center

Walton

Healthmark Regional Medical Center, Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast

Washington

Northwest Florida Community Hospital