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Health care spending in Montana topped $4 billion in 2003, a spending level that represents 16 percent of the state's gross domestic product. In spite of this high level of [...]

In Montana, kids are an integral part of our lives and our communities. As parents, grandparents, caregivers, teachers, doctors, and in many other roles, we care about children and spend [...]

The Economic Partnership Between The University of Montana and Missoula Historically, The University of Montana has enjoyed a close relationship with the Missoula community. In its role as an institution [...]

Note: This article is based on data from Medicare patients, the only nationwide data set to examine health care markets across the United States. While data is based on Medicare [...]

I. INTRODUCTION The length of time a person is out of work due to a layoff is an important index of economic welfare. While the jobless period can be used [...]

Montana's community hospitals have been the economic backbone of the state's health services industry. In many rural areas, the local hospital is the major employer. Statewide, hospitals now employ as [...]

Economic development conversations often center on recruiting and assisting natural resource-based firms. While this strategy has proven to be effective from time to time, there may be some factors already [...]

Statewide personal income provides a rough estimate of Montanans' overall buying power, and forms the basis for widely used per capita income figures. But personal income includes more elements than [...]

Montana and Other Western States Some states and regions are experiencing strong economic growth from information technology, advancing into major players within the IT sweepstakes. Other states have been less [...]

'Everything that can be invented has been invented.' So said the commissioner of the U.S. Office of Patents in 1899, referring to the wave of innovations and technological change in [...]

A national recession and reduced state revenues have resulted in the need for the Montana Legislature to substantially cut the state budget. There are some tough decisions looming on the [...]

Human Capital Human capital--the education, work experience, training, and health of the state's population--is as important to Montana's economy as public capital and energy in producing output and getting it [...]

Using constant dollars, Montanans spent 23 percent more per capita on health services in 1992 than they did in 1987. Montanans' per capita income, by comparison, increased only 7 percent [...]

Focuses on the economic impact of the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana on the Missoula community. Percentage of total spending by the university; Economic performance of Missoula from 1986 to 1996; Estimated University of Montana-related expenditures in Missoula County from 1996 to 1997; Statistics on University of Montana spending on local business; University of Montana employees spending on local business.