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Medical devices and Software and IT services

Medical devices buys from Software and IT services; medical devices depends on software and IT services.

Medical devices (industry) and Software and IT services (industry): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹1.7 per ₹100 · Medical devices buys from Software and IT services

Medical devices buys goods or services from Software and IT services; counted through every round of supply, ₹1.7 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹1.7 of every ₹100 of Medical devices output, all rounds
  • ₹0.6 bought directly

2. Industry input

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

1 of the enterprise types in Medical devices depend on software and IT services.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Medical-device companies (OEMs): device software and AI (criticality 4 of 5)

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