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Article: Health Care Injects $18.3 Billion Annually into Middle Tennessee Economy; Impact Study Findings Show One in Five Jobs Related to Nashville Health Care Industry.
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- February 15, 2006
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Nashville's health care industry has a total economic impact of $18.3 billion in the Nashville MSA and 154,800 jobs can be attributed to health care, 22 percent of the region's non-farm employment in 2004, according to an economic impact study released today by the Nashville Health Care Council (NHCC).
Over the past 10 years, health care has been the fastest growing industry sector in the Nashville MSA. With employment of 94,346 in 2004, Nashville's health care industry cluster represents the largest non-governmental employer in the region, the study found. Conducted by the Business and Economic Research Center (BERC) at the Jennings Jones ...