Hospitals create hundreds of thousands of Miami nursing jobs and other healthcare positions and pump billions of dollars into the local economy every year.

A new study from the University of Florida found that hospitals throughout the state create 739,078 jobs and have an economic impact of $54 billion each year, accounting for about 7.34 percent of Florida’s gross domestic product.

“This report underscores the economic contribution our hospitals provide to their local communities each and every day,” Bruce Rueben, president of the Florida Hospital Association, said. “This is especially important at a time when Florida has the fourth-highest unemployment rate in the nation.”

Between 2007 and 2009, hospitals across the state saw a 12-percent increase in part-time and full-time employment, creating a total of 79,838 jobs. Employment was greatest in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale area, where 256,323 jobs were created during that time span.

That was followed by:

  • Orlando with 172,012 jobs
  • Tampa-St. Petersburg with 116,804 jobs
  • Jacksonville with 57,589 jobs
  • Sarasota-Bradenton with 57,555 jobs
  • Gainesville with 28,325 jobs
  • Pensacola with 23,991 jobs
  • Tallahassee with 15282 jobs
  • Panama City with 11,195 jobs

According to the South Florida Business Journal, the study further found that $10 million in Medicaid funding for hospitals throughout Florida would create 228 high-wage jobs and invest $15.7 million in the local economy.

The impact of the local healthcare industry is a bright spot in the Miami area’s economy, which has continued to see rising unemployment as the economic recession winds down.

The Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall area’s education and health services industry employed 165,000 workers during December, which is up from 164,500 workers during November and a 3.1 percent increase from last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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