The report details research recently completed by Dr. William Beyers, professor of geography at the University of Washington. Among the report's key findings about hospitals:
- More than two additional jobs are created for every hospital job —an estimated total of 204,000 jobs
- Hospitals purchase goods and services totaling $2.8 billion — and more than 90 percent of these goods and services are purchased in Washington State
- Every direct dollar of spending by hospitals creates $2.40 in business activity
- This results in $17.5 billion in economic activity for the state
- Hospitals are directly and indirectly responsible for generating $634 million in sales taxes and business and occupation taxes
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