Editing Columbia, Missouri (section)

===Health systems===
[[File:Muhospital.JPG|thumb|The [[University of Missouri Hospital]] is the main hospital of the [[University of Missouri Health Care|MU Health Care System]], and it is the largest hospital in Columbia.|alt=Photograph of the University of Missouri Hospital]]
Health care is a big part of Columbia's economy, with nearly one in six people working in a health-care related profession<ref name = "yhxnoz">{{cite web | url=http://www.columbiatribune.com/2007/OurTown/071.asp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080203202556/http://www.columbiatribune.com/2007/OurTown/071.asp | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 3, 2008 | title=Hospitals offer a vital indicator of fiscal health | publisher=[[Columbia Daily Tribune]] | date=June 17, 2007 | access-date=January 8, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.avapl.org/training/Columbia/columbia.htm | title=The Columbia Area | publisher=Missouri Health Sciences Psychology Consortium | access-date=January 9, 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080220185630/http://www.avapl.org/training/Columbia/columbia.htm |archive-date = February 20, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> and a physician density that is about three times the United States average.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.academyhealth.org/2006/612/arahoa.ppt |format=PPT |title=Physician Migration to the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia |publisher=Academy Health |access-date=January 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910085314/http://www.academyhealth.org/2006/612/arahoa.ppt |archive-date=September 10, 2008 }}</ref><ref name = "zqxfvy">{{cite web | url=http://chamber.columbia.mo.us/community/profile.asp?Medical | title=Community Profile | publisher=Columbia Chamber of Commerce | access-date=January 9, 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080203135323/http://chamber.columbia.mo.us/community/profile.asp?Medical |archive-date = February 3, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> The city's hospitals and supporting facilities are a large referral center for the state, and medical related trips to the city are common.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://chamber.columbia.mo.us/community/healthcare.asp?HealthCare | title=Health Care | publisher=Columbia Chamber of Commerce | access-date=January 8, 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080209060946/http://chamber.columbia.mo.us/community/healthcare.asp?HealthCare |archive-date = February 9, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> There are three hospital systems within the city and five hospitals with a total of 1,105 beds.<ref name = "yhxnoz"/><ref name = "zqxfvy"/>
[[File:Boone hospital main.jpg|thumb|[[Boone Hospital Center]] is the second largest hospital in Columbia and is the largest private hospital in Boone County.|alt=Photograph of Boone Hospital Center from a parking lot]]
The [[University of Missouri Health Care]] operates three hospitals in Columbia: the [[University of Missouri Hospital]], the [[University of Missouri Women's and Children's Hospital]] (formerly Columbia Regional Hospital), and the [[Ellis Fischel Cancer Center]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Locations {{!}} MU Health Care |url=https://www.muhealth.org/locations |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=www.muhealth.org}}</ref> [[Boone Hospital Center]] was administered by [[Barnes-Jewish Hospital|BJC Healthcare]], but separated in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-01 |title=Boone Health Becomes Independent Health Care Provider - Boone Health |url=https://boone.health/about-us/boone-health-becomes-independent-health-care-provider/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital]], adjacent to University Hospital, is administered by the [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-25 |title=Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital {{!}} VA Columbia Missouri health care |url=https://www.va.gov/columbia-missouri-health-care/locations/harry-s-truman-memorial-veterans-hospital/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=Veterans Affairs |language=en}}</ref>

There are a large number of medical-related industries in Columbia. The [[University of Missouri School of Medicine]] uses university-owned facilities as teaching hospitals. The [[University of Missouri Research Reactor Center]] is the largest research reactor in the United States and produces [[radioisotopes]] used in nuclear medicine.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.missourilifesciences.org/location.php?id=9 | title=Universities | publisher=The Missouri Life Sciences Project | access-date=January 8, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070808033347/http://www.missourilifesciences.org/location.php?id=9 |archive-date = August 8, 2007}}</ref> The center serves as the sole supplier of the active ingredients in two [[U.S. Food and Drug Administration]]-approved [[radiopharmaceuticals]] and produces [[Fluorine-18]] used in [[PET imaging]] with its [[cyclotron]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://research.missouri.edu/news/stories/061124_murr.htm | title=MU Research Reactor Submits 20-year License Renewal Application | publisher=MU News Bureau | date=November 24, 2006 | access-date=January 1, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217010603/http://research.missouri.edu/news/stories/061124_murr.htm | archive-date=December 17, 2007 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>