Table 3. Output Multipliers of Selected Rural Hospitals and Physician Clinics
Source (n)HospitalClinic
Rural primary care physicians (2)1.321.37
Rural general surgery (12)1.331.33
Sumter County, Alabama (20)1.281.15
Oklahoma rural counties (3)1.991.47
Measuring economic importance (32)1.431.31
Smith County, Kansas (22)1.181.12
Rural critical care hospitals (23)1.24
Humboldt County, Nevada (24)1.241.22
Big Sandy Area (25)1.29
Rural Nebraska (31)1.581.44
Health care sector in Kansas (27)1.481.40
Atoka, Oklahoma (28)1.471.34
Douglas County, Nevada (29)1.251.22
Hamilton County, Illinois (30)1.311.24
Range1.18–1.991.12–1.47