From staff reports
Clarion Hospital contributed $52,258,098 to the region’s economy and supported 369 local jobs during the 2020 fiscal year, according to a new report released by the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP).
Statewide, Pennsylvania hospitals fueled $155 billion in economic activity, about 20% of the commonwealth’s total gross domestic product, according to a news release from Butler Health System, which includes Clarion Hospital.
The hospital community also supported more than 615,000 jobs, one in nine statewide, and generated more than $38 billion in wages, salaries and benefits, the release said.