Economic-impact study seen as vehicle to spur growth, deter tax.
A new report commissioned by Pennsylvania's Delaware Valley Hospital Council to quantify hospitals' value to the five-county area in services, salaries and other economic benefits could serve as ammunition for economic development leaders to help attract new businesses and by the region's hospitals in defense of their property-tax exemptions.
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