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Article: The Health Care Industry: Alaska's New Bread and Butter.
- Article from:
- Alaska Business Monthly
- Article date:
- December 1, 2001
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Over the past decade, Providence Alaska Medical Center has nearly doubled the size of its work force. Currently, Providence is number two on the list of "Alaska's 100 Largest Private Employers," compiled and published in August 2001 by Labor Economist Neal Fried with the Alaska Department of Labor, Research & Analysis Section. Providence employs nearly 3,100 individuals, second only to Safeway/Carrs, which employs 3,270.
The same report estimates that Providence should "grab the top spot in the not-so-distance future," which would make Providence the state's largest private-sector employer.
Six other health care companies rated in the top 50 private ...