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The healthcare industry, or medical industry, is an aggregation of sectors within the economic system that provides goods and services to treat patients with curative, preventive, rehabilitative, and palliative care. Health economy is another term used to describe this field. It ''includes the generation and commercialization of goods and services lending themselves to maintaining and re-establishing health.''〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= 10 Jahre Nationale branchenkonferenz Gesundheitswirtschaft - Ausgewählte Ergebnisse p. 4 )〕 The modern healthcare industry is divided into many sectors and depends on interdisciplinary teams of trained professionals and paraprofessionals to meet health needs of individuals and populations.〔()〕 The healthcare industry is one of the world's largest and fastest-growing industries. Consuming over 10 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) of most developed nations, health care can form an enormous part of a country's economy. ==Backgrounds== For purpose of finance and management, the healthcare industry is typically divided into several areas. As a basic framework for defining the sector, the United Nations International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) categorizes the healthcare industry as generally consisting of: # hospital activities; # medical and dental practice activities; # "other human health activities". This third class involves activities of, or under the supervision of, nurses, midwives, physiotherapists, scientific or diagnostic laboratories, pathology clinics, residential health facilities, or other allied health professions, e.g. in the field of optometry, hydrotherapy, medical massage, yoga therapy, music therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, chiropody, homeopathy, chiropractics, acupuncture, etc.〔United Nations. (''International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Rev.3.'' ) New York.〕 The Global Industry Classification Standard and the Industry Classification Benchmark further distinguish the industry as two main groups: # healthcare equipment and services; and # pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and related life sciences. The healthcare equipment and services group consists of companies and entities that provide medical equipment, medical supplies, and healthcare services, such as hospitals, home healthcare providers, and nursing homes. The latter listed industry group includes companies that produce biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and miscellaneous scientific services.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Yahoo Industry Browser – Healthcare Sector – Industry List )〕 Other approaches to defining the scope of the healthcare industry tend to adopt a broader definition, also including other key actions related to health, such as education and training of health professionals, regulation and management of health services delivery, provision of traditional and complementary medicines, and administration of health insurance.〔Hernandez P et al., "Measuring expenditure on the health workforce: concepts, data sources and methods", in: ''Handbook on monitoring and evaluation of human resources for health'', Geneva, World Health Organization, 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Healthcare industry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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