Matters of Mystery and Faith
Finances are to hospitals what transubstantiation is to the Catholic Church: a matter of mystery and faith.
For example:
Understandably alarmed by the current finacial meltdown at Miami-Dade's tax-funded Jackson Health System, officials have proposed major salary cuts for hospital workers.
Naturally, Jackson employees are vexed.
That said....
What are we talking about here – context-wise?
Average Annual Employee Salary
1998 2008 %
Consumer Price Index 36%
All Florida Workers*
(Private Industry) $27,585 $40,554 47%
All Florida Hospitals $34,158 $54,378 59%
Teaching Hospitals
Jackson Memorial $41,521 $67,642 63%
Univ. of Miami $32,213 $55,020 71%
Tampa General $35,787 $52,586 47%
Orlando Regional $32,970 $52,208 58%
Shands Jacksonville NA $ $49,702 NA
Shands U of F $35,617 $49,419 39%
Mount Sinai $34,165 $49,396 45%
Other SE Fla. Tax
Supported Hospitals
Memorial Regional $41,587 $64,303 55%
Broward General $36,252 $54,772 51%
Other Miami-Dade
Hospitals
Miami Childrens' $46,247 $67,949 47%
Aventura $38,957 $57,600 48%
Hialeah $33,987 $57,540 69%
Baptist $34,949 $57,088 63%
Doctors $35,965 $56,627 57%
North Shore $37,360 $56,617 52%
Homstead $32,619 $56,333 73%
Mercy $36,626 $56,313 54%
Palmetto $34,279 $55,817 63%
South Miami $34,794 $55,801 60%
Coral Gables $35,089 $55,352 58%
Kendall $34,859 $55,102 58%
Larkin $33,904 $45,013 33%
Metropolitan $36,386 $44,389 22%
Palm Springs $30,810 $42,342 37%
West Chester $34,797 $42,149 21%
SOURCE: *US Department of Labor
Hospital Data - Agency for Health Care Administration
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