SSIC Section R – Health and social services

Companies in this section provide health care, residential care and social services, in the private or the public sector.

Health care covers hospitals, general and specialist clinics, dentists, Western and non-Western medicine, medical laboratories, imaging centres, ambulances, home nursing, dialysis and other health services. Trained medical professionals give this care in hospitals, clinics and other places, including outpatient settings.

Residential care covers nursing homes, hospices, homes for the elderly and children, and shelters, where people live and get some care. Social services without accommodation cover services such as day care for the elderly and persons with disabilities, infant and student care, family and youth services, job training for the unemployed and charity work.

Commonly registered businesses

• General practice clinics (GPs) using Western medicine (86201)
• Other health services, such as chiropractors, podiatrists and blood banks (86909)
• Clinics and general medical services using non-Western medicine (86202)
• Specialist medical clinics and day surgery centres (86203)
• Student care centres for before and after school (88912)
• Nursing homes, hospices and convalescent homes (87010)