The New Jersey Hospital Association

New Jersey Hospital Association: 2024 Economic Impact Report

Explore how New Jersey’s hospitals contribute to the state, county and local economies.

New Jersey hospitals are the backbone of the community. Beyond their role protecting the health of New Jerseyans, hospitals strengthen our state with employment and other economic opportunity.

Hospitals’ essential work supports state and local economies with nearly 160,000 jobs and $31.4 billion in economic benefits, while caring for patients on more than 18 million occasions annually, based on 2022 hospital cost report data.

Nationwide, hospitals are confronting the burden of rising expenses, labor shortages, government underfunding and sicker patients. Despite these challenging times, New Jersey hospitals continue to support the health of their communities through essential services, charity care, community benefits and as vital sources of jobs, income taxes and spending that help stabilize their communities and support businesses across the state.

By the Numbers:

New Jersey hospitals directly contributed $31.4 billion to the state’s economy during 2022.
Hospitals create economic opportunity by providing 158,600 full- and part-time jobs.
Hospital employees earn $11.3 billion in salaries, creating spending power statewide.
Other businesses in New Jersey and beyond benefit from $5.4 billion in commerce with hospitals.

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ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS AS A HEALTHCARE SAFETY NET

Hospitals also give back to the community by serving as the primary source of medical services for the state's uninsured, thus serving as the healthcare safety net for the most needy.
In , uninsured patients presented at on occasions.
New Jersey's general hospitals are predominantly not-for-profit entities — any excess revenue over expenses is returned to the community in the form of new medical technology, expanded hospital services, maintenance and expansion of physical infrastructure and the enhanced ability to hire and maintain skilled workforce.

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Other assessments such as New Jersey Poison Information & Education System (NJPIES) and Maternal and Child Health Consortium Assessment
In addition, hospitals support their local municipalities through voluntary, negotiated payments and in-kind contributions.

¹The goods and services hospitals purchase from other businesses create additional economic value for the community, and estimated the use of factors (or “multipliers”) by which spending in one sector affects other sectors. For employment, these ripple effects mean that each hospital job results in a total of 2.3 jobs in the overall economy because hospital employees use their wages to purchase goods and services which creates income and jobs for other businesses. Similarly, each dollar spent by a hospital results in a total of $2.24 in overall economic output. New Jersey hospitals thus support approximately 355,000 total jobs and over $62 billion in economic activity statewide.

Source: American Hospital Association, Hospitals Remain Economic Pillars in Their Communities, Feb. 2022; analysis based on multipliers from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis’ Regional Input–Output Modeling System (BEA RIMS-II).