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Healthcare services and Water

Healthcare services depends on water.

Healthcare services (industry) and Water (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Water → Healthcare services

2 of the enterprise types in Healthcare services depend on water; for the most dependent, it rates 4 out of 5 on criticality.

  • 2 enterprise types depend on it
  • 4 of 5 highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Hospitals and specialty hospital chains: Sterilisation, dialysis and hygiene (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Hospital catering, linen and facility contractors: Laundry and kitchens (criticality 1 of 5)

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