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The Impact of ltltHospital Name Here..gtgt on the
Economy and the Community
NAME is proud to provide care to our community
with our doors being open 24 hours a day, seven
days a week, 365 days a year. Every year, we
serve thousands of individuals and keep our
community healthy, strong, and vibrant. This
record of service is and always will be our most
valuable contribution to the community.
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• Hospitals strengthen the infrastructures of local
  communities. Communities rely on their local
  hospitals and health systems to
• provide high quality health care
• care for the aged
• ensure safety when an emergency
• or disaster strikes
• bring life into the world
• educate people about the impact of
• lifestyles on their health and
• well being and
• provide comfort at the end of life.

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Less often recognized is the hospitals
contribution to the local economy, such as the
people it employs and the impact of its spending.
NAME is critical to the economic viability
of our community. NAME is a major source of
employment and purchaser of goods and services,
as well as providing health care that allows
people to be productive citizens.
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Direct and Indirect Impact on Our Community
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onomic Impact Payroll Payroll_on_Local_Ec
onomy_ Supply Purchases NonSalary_on_Loca
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cal_Economy_ Total Impact Total_Impact
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This report, prepared with assistance from the
Mississippi Hospital Association, highlights the
significant role NAME plays within our local
community. It identifies and measures the direct
involvement of NAME on the local economy and
demonstrates the ripple effect of the dollars
the health care sector brings into the community
and the jobs it helps create. In addition, it
illustrates the benefit the hospital provides
for a safe, stable, and healthy community.
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• NAME
• An Economic Anchor to Our Community
• In addition to enhancing
• the health and well being of
• the communities it serves,
• NAME also contributes
• significantly to the areas
• economic health. In 2005,
• we had an estimated total
• annual economic impact of
• Total_Impact.

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• NAME
• As an Employer
• NAME employs Employees people, with a total
  payroll of Payroll. Hospital payroll
  expenditures serve as an important economic
  stimulus, creating and supporting jobs throughout
  the local and state economies.
• Dollars earned by NAME employees and spent on
  groceries, clothing, mortgage payments, rent,
  etc., generate approximately Payroll_on_Local_Eco
  nomy _ in economic activity for the local
  economy.

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• NAME
• Purchasing
• NAME spends about NonSalary per year on the
  goods and services it needs to provide health
  carefor example, medical supplies, electricity
  for its buildings, and food for patients. Funds
  spent to buy goods and services flow from the
  hospital to vendors and businesses and then
  ripple throughout the economy.
• Dollars spent by NAME generate approximately
  NonSalary_on_Local _Economy_ for the local
  economy.

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• NAME
• Capital Spending
• In 2005, NAME spent Capital on buildings and
  equipment.
• Capital spending by NAME generates
  approximately Capital_on_ Local_Economy_ for
  the local economy per year.

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2. NAME A Zone of Safety Communities
can take comfort in knowing that their local
hospital is preparing today for the new
challenges of tomorrow. In this new world,
hospitals do more than provide medical care to
the community. Hospitals are a place of refuge,
food, shelter, and information in times of
distress. Mention any role that your
hospital has played in a natural or non-natural
disaster, stressing the communitys reliance on
your organization. Include any role your
hospital has had in emergency preparedness
related to individual facility efforts, local
efforts, or county preparedness efforts.
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3. NAME A Good Neighbor NAME has a
positive impact on the surrounding neighborhoods.
We contribute to civic and cultural programs,
make space available to community groups, and
improve the environment. Include community
projects your hospital has been involved in to
improve its surrounding neighborhood. Examples
could be improving and/or construction of area
housing, environmental improvements, etc.
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4. NAME Providing Other Important
Economic Benefits Your hospital may be
involved with projects or programs that add
significant dollars to the regional economy.
Following are several examples. Please fill in
the blanks where appropriate and adjust your
total economic impact figure accordingly.
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• Medical and Nursing Education Students in the
  NAME teaching/nursing program spend about ____
  per year in the community for housing, food,
  transportation, books, entertainment, clothing,
  utilities, insurance, and supplies.
• The medical education program brings about ____
  per year into the region from state and federal
  funding sources. In addition, the nurse/nurse
  aide education programs serve a wide variety of
  people in the community, including those who are
  pulling themselves out of poverty and the need
  for public assistance.

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• Construction Construction activity at NAME
  affects the local economy from the convenience
  store located down the street to the insurance
  agent providing policies for the contractors and
  other companies working on the project.
  Construction projects totaling approximately
  ____ are currently underway at NAME. These
  projects generate local jobs and revenue and
  result in improved health care delivery for the
  community.

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• Research NAME research programs draw ____ in
  funding from sources outside the community per
  year.
• Grants NAME is the recipient of a ____ grant
  for the purpose of _______________________________
  __ for the years ______________________.
• Visitors NAME attracts a variety of visitors,
  including _______________________ (e.g.,
  vendors, prospective students, students
  families, academic visitors) who use a variety of
  community services, including hotels, car
  rentals, and restaurants.

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• 5. NAME
• Caring for Our Community
• NAME provides vital health care services to
  our community. In 2005, we had
• _____ inpatient visits,
• _____ outpatient visits and procedures, and
• _____ emergency room visits each year.
• Add others as appropriate, e.g., deliveries.

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• Through programs aimed at preventing disease
  before it occurs, NAME saves individuals and
  the community millions of dollars in treatment
  costs and lost earnings.
• Mention specific programs from your Community
  Service Plan or community health program.
• Through screening programs, NAME can detect
  medical conditions in the population earlier,
  thus lowering the costs of treatment.
• Mention specific programs from your Community
  Service Plan or community health program.

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• In addition, the institution contributes to a
  variety of community service initiatives.
• Mention specific programs from your Community
  Service Plan or community health program.
• Hospitals across the state provide care for the
  uninsured and underinsured. NAME has provided
  uncompensated care
• _______ Charity Care
• _______ Bad Debt

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Conclusion Hospitals are a key ingredient to
Mississippis quality of life and to keeping our
communities healthy and vibrant. NAME is a
major contributor to both the local and state
economies and to keeping families healthy and
secure by providing needed health care services.
Hospital Logo Here
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The data and information contained in this report
provide strong evidence that the economic benefit
of our hospital on the local and state economies
is significant. To continue to attract jobs to
and maintain families in Mississippi, it is
critical that the state have high quality health
care providers and services. We urge our
legislators, members of Congress, and community
leaders to recognize that our hospital is
instrumental to supporting the state and local
economy and that steps need to be taken to
continue to invest in our states health care
system.