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LONGWOOD MEDICAL AND
ACADEMIC AREA (LMA)
FACT SHEET
LOCATION
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The LMA is located on a 213-acre site, three miles
southwest of downtown Boston, adjacent to the neighborhoods of
the Fenway and Mission Hill, and to the Town of Brookline.
SCOPE
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The LMA’s unique concentration of 21 institutions
include three major Harvard affiliated teaching hospitals, two
research treatment centers, three Harvard schools, six historic
colleges organized into the Colleges of the Fenway, a private
secondary school, an art museum, one public high school, a State
mental health center, a children’s treatment center, and a
religious institution.
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MASCO members represent 19 of the 21 institutions
in the LMA and include: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, The CBR Institute for Biomedical
Research, Children’s Hospital Boston, Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute, Emmanuel College, Harvard Medical School, Harvard
School of Dental Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health,
Joslin Diabetes Center, Judge Baker Children’s Center,
Massachusetts College of Art, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
and Health Sciences, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Simmons
College, Temple Israel, Wentworth Institute of Technology,
Wheelock College, and The Winsor School.
EMPLOYMENT/STUDENTS
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Each day in the LMA more than 37,000 employees and
15,000 students provide medical care, conduct research, teach,
attend school, or otherwise support these functions. There are
several thousand additional continuing education students,
hospital volunteers, construction workers and other non-member
employees and students for an estimated total of 58,000 people
per day in the LMA, not including patients or their families.
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Approximately 70% of LMA students come from
Massachusetts, 25% are from out-of-state, and 5% are
international students.
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In 2001 approximately 35% of LMA faculty and staff
were Boston residents.
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Nearly 80% of LMA employees work for healthcare
institutions (BIDMC, BWH, CH, DFCI, JDC).
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Six of Boston’s 21 four-year small colleges
(defined as enrollment < 4,600), are located in the LMA, and are
known as the Colleges of the Fenway (COF). In 2002 the total
enrollment of the COF made up 46% of Boston’s four-year small
college enrollment.
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The Colleges of the Fenway students comprise 13%
of the total students attending four-year colleges in Boston.
PATIENTS
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In 2002 there were over 2.15 million in- and
outpatient visits to the LMA and an untold number of visitors to
medical, academic and research institutions.
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In 2002, approximately forty-seven percent of all
hospital-based outpatient clinical visits, and fifty-one percent
of all inpatient admissions in Boston, were to LMA hospitals and
clinics. This was a 4% increase from 2001.
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In 2002, the LMA institutions accounted for
forty-seven percent of all staffed beds in Boston hospitals and
trauma centers, totaling 1,596 staffed beds in 2002.
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In 2002 there were 15,016 births in the LMA.
LAND USE
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14.8 million square feet of building space was
developed in the LMA (as of Jan. 2004). Square footage growth
in the LMA has increased by over 26% since 1990.
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Development proposed, approved or under
construction in the LMA between 2001 and September 2003 included
approximately 4 million square feet of research, academic and
medical space, including residence halls, academic support
space, patient and research facilities, as well as parking.
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Potential additional development, over the next
decade or more, could total an additional 2.6 to 4.4 million
square feet.
REVENUE
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Total revenues for MASCO member institutions
exceeded $3.4 billion in 2001. This represented 1% of the
percent of the Gross Metropolitan Product of Massachusetts in
2001.
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According to the Boston Business Journal, the
total net patient service revenue for LMA medical institutions
(not including Joslin) in FY 2002 was $1.96 billion dollars.
FEDERAL RESEARCH FUNDING
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Four of the top five Independent Hospital
recipients of NIH funding nationwide in FY 2001 and FY 2002 are
located in the LMA (BWH, BIDMC, DFCI, CH listed in order of
rank).
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Massachusetts was the number two state recipient
of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding in FY 2002,
following California, receiving $1.87 billion dollars.
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Boston is ranked as the number one city in the
nation for NIH support in FY 2002, followed by New York and
Philadelphia. Boston NIH funding totaled over $1.04 billion
dollars, the LMA’s share of which was 72 percent ($756 million).
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If the LMA were ranked as a city, it would be
number three, after New York and before Philadelphia. If the
LMA were ranked as a state, it would be number eight, after
North Carolina, and before Washington.
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards more
than doubled for the LMA institutions from $302 million to $722
million over the decade between FY 1991 and FY 2001.
COMMUNITY
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In 2002, six institutions contributed over
$732,000 for neighborhood workforce development initiatives.
One such initiative – The Boston Health Care and Research
Training Institute – was designed to help residents in the City
of Boston in the health care and research industries to develop
career pathways.
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In 2002 over $152 million was contributed by
hospitals and outpatient clinics in community benefits, along
with hundreds and thousands of volunteer hours, for health care
programs, education and advocacy. The health care programs
range from the development, operation and staffing of health
care centers with partner communities, to outreach by operating
mobile diagnostic van services at 50 different sites, to
advocacy and education related to specific health issues.
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The LMA academic institutions also contribute
millions to the community annually by offering scholarships and
other community-based education programs, providing workforce
training for disabled and high school students, playing
leadership roles in community-based groups and providing
facilities for community use (for community meetings, a summer
camp for kids, and use of computer facilities with training
programs).
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LMA institutions contributed $15.7 million in
PILOT and linkage payments to the city between 1996 and 2003.
These contributions have funded a number of significant
community benefits, such as housing development in Mission Hill
and the Fenway, as well as traffic, lighting, and transportation
infrastructure improvements in these communities and the LMA.
With new construction projects recently approved another $9.7
million will be dedicated to linkage alone.
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Hundreds of LMA students volunteer their time each
year to help communities in a variety of ways, such as tutoring
public school students, serving the mentally challenged, the
elderly, and the homeless in such areas as education, health,
the environment or arts and humanities. Many work with partners
such as America Reads, Rosie’s Place, the Boston Food Bank and
Revision House.
Prepared by
MASCO Area Planning and Development
1/2004
Note: Data sources include the
American Hospital Association, the Boston Business Journal,
The New England Board of Higher Education Annual Directory of
New England Colleges & Universities 2004,
MASCO and member institutions.
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