Northeast Georgia Medical Center has a substantial impact on the local and state economy, about $1 billion worth, according to the Georgia Hospital Association. The association released a report calculating the hospital has generated $1,034,788,975 in revenue for the local and state economy. It stated that the medical center had direct expenditures of almost $450 million in 2010, and using an economic multiplier developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the economic impact throughout the state topped $1 billion.