Hospitals in Butler County, Pennsylvania
The Penn State Workforce Education and Development Initiative conducted an analysis of the economic impacts of hospitals in Butler County.
An Economic and Workforce Brief, “Role of Hospitals in the Economy of Butler County,” quantifies the role of every 100 workers employed by the hospital industry in generating jobs, compensation, and property taxes in the region. As an economic entity, the hospital industry provides medical, diagnostic, and treatment services that include physician, nursing, and other health services to inpatients and the specialized accommodation services required by inpatients. The industry also provides outpatient services as a secondary activity. Establishments in the hospital industry provide inpatient health services, many of which are available only using the specialized facilities and equipment that form a significant and integral part of the hospital infrastructure.
This Brief explains the potential economic impact of Butler Memorial Hospital on the economy of Butler County. Butler Memorial Hospital is a general medical and surgical hospital, which recently was awarded $13.4 million by the Commonwealth for an expansion. The expansion will include a seven-story acute care tower, various road improvements, renovation and expansion of its outpatient facility and emergency room, a central utility plant, and other technology investments. The expansion project is anticipated to create 500 new jobs. For more information about the Butler Memorial Hospital, refer to the following websites:
http://butlermemorialhospital.notlong.com
http://www.butlerhealthsystem.org
Data from the 2002 Economic Census, the most recent economic census available, indicate that there were 215 establishments in the Pennsylvania involved in general medical and surgical hospitals that generated $22.4 billion in receipts (4.8% of US receipts in general medical and surgical hospitals) with 239,952 employees (5% of US employees in general medical and surgical hospitals) and an annual payroll of $9 billion (4.9% of US payroll in general medical and surgical hospitals).
An analysis behind a Penn State Economic & Workforce Brief targets an industry (a group of establishments providing similar products or services), not an individual firm. As a result, economic and workforce impacts calculated for a Brief represent an industry average, not the impacts generated by an individual firm.
For additional information about this Brief or about the work of the Penn State Workforce Education and Development Initiative, contact Rose M. Baker (814.865.9919) or David L. Passmore (814.863.2583). To view other Brief reports produced about other Pennsylvania industries and regions, navigate to: