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Healthcare services and Software and IT services

Healthcare services buys from Software and IT services; healthcare services depends on software and IT services.

Healthcare services (industry) and Software and IT services (industry): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹1.3 per ₹100 · Healthcare services buys from Software and IT services

Healthcare services buys goods or services from Software and IT services; counted through every round of supply, ₹1.3 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹1.3 of every ₹100 of Healthcare services output, all rounds
  • ₹0.7 bought directly

2. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Software and IT services → Healthcare services

4 of the enterprise types in Healthcare services depend on software and IT services.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Health insurers, TPAs and public health schemes: Claims and policy administration (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Health IT and electronic records vendors: Software development and integration (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Health regulators and accreditation bodies: Registries and inspection systems (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Primary care clinics and doctors' practices: Practice and telehealth software (criticality 2 of 5)

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