A study of the economic impact of Pennsylvania’s home health care industry shows the sector is exerting a big footprint that’s only expected to grow.
The report, commissioned by the Pennsylvania Homecare Association, found the home-based health care industry contributed nearly $22 billion in economic activity in the commonwealth last year – putting the sector just behind the state’s medical schools and nursing homes in spending and jobs supported.
That economic activity tends to stay within the commonwealth’s borders, said Paul Umbach, president of Tripp Umbach, the research firm behind the study.