# Healthcare services and Small-molecule APIs

Healthcare services depends on small-molecule APIs.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/healthcare-services-and-small-molecule-apis/

[Healthcare services](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/healthcare/) (industry) and [Small-molecule APIs](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/apis/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Small-molecule APIs → Healthcare services*

4 of the enterprise types in Healthcare services depend on small-molecule APIs; for the most dependent, it rates 4 out of 5 on criticality.

- **4** enterprise types depend on it
- **4 of 5** highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Hospitals and specialty hospital chains: Drugs given on the ward (criticality 4 of 5)
- Pharmaceutical and consumables distributors: Finished generics built on small-molecule APIs (criticality 3 of 5)
- Primary care clinics and doctors' practices: Medicines dispensed (criticality 2 of 5)
- Retail and online pharmacies: Medicines sold (criticality 2 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.