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Industry Career Guide: Health And Wellness, Paulynne Castillo, Madel Balane
Industry Career Guide: Health And Wellness, Paulynne Castillo, Madel Balane
Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies (AKI)
The Health and Wellness Services industry belongs to the services sector. The National Statistical Coordination Board (2007) defines it as institutions that cater to the “activities of persons traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for health and wellness purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited”. Establishments belonging to the industry, therefore, are in engaged in: 1) hospital care and treatment – refer to services offered by public and private hospitals, sanitaria and other similar services; 2) specialty clinics – pertain to …