Health Care Economic Impact
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There’s no end to the positive impact hospitals have on the health of communities.
Not only do hospitals provide high-quality medical care for their patients, but they also play a significant part in the social, public health and economic structure of communities throughout the state. From jobs to culture to education to the environment, there is health in everything. This section demonstrates the significant economic boost that a hospital provides its community.
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The Economic Impact of Missouri Hospitals
Many Missourians can identify the blue highway signs with the white “H” indicating that a hospital is nearby. However, few would be able to articulate the full value of having a hospital in their community. Not only do hospitals provide high-quality medical care for their patients, but they also play a significant part in the social, public health, and economic structure of communities throughout the state.
The Economic Impact of Missouri Physicians
Read An Analysis of the Economic Impact of Missouri Physicians. Physicians provide and direct care throughout the health care system. Just as physicians help improve the health of Read An Analysis of the Economic Impact of Missouri Physicians.patients, the places physicians live and work benefit from a healthy economic boost from physicians’ personal consumption and medical practice expenditures. This combination of a high income and running a medical practice that has many expenditures means that physicians have a significant economic impact on Missouri.
Missouri’s Health Care Workforce
Turnover and vacancy rates experienced continued moderation since historically high rates recorded in 2021 according to newly released data in the Missouri Hospital Association’s 2025 Annual Workforce Report. For the first time since 2020, combined data for all surveyed positions finds that vacancy rates in 2024 dropped below 10%. Vacancy rates now are below pre-pandemic levels among registered nurses and all surveyed positions when aggregated. During the same period, turnover has gradually declined, maintaining 22.2% over the past two years. R.N. turnover rates also have dropped below 2020 levels, although at 16.1%, remain uncomfortably high.
Campaign Materials
MHA developed customizable promotional materials to be used at the statewide, regional, or hospital-specific level that frame the economic impact of Missouri hospitals. Materials include PowerPoint presentations, print and banner ads, and social media posts. To participate in the campaign, please contact MHA.