According to a new report from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals represented by the AAMC generated about 3.1% of the U.S. gross domestic product and supported 6.3 million jobs. Many kinds of allied health professionals work in these teaching hospitals.
The report can be obtained at https://www.aamc.org/data/486632/economicimpactreport.html.