The healthcare sector consists of businesses that provide medical services, manufacture medical equipment or drugs, provide medical insurance, or otherwise facilitate the provision of healthcare to patients.
- The healthcare sector consists of all businesses involved in the provision and coordination of medical and related goods and services.
- This sector enjoys some significant advantages in the U.S. but is also beset with a several factors that present potential economic problems.
- The U.S. healthcare sector accounts for an outsized share of spending relative to health outcomes, which has led to uncertainties around politically driven reform of the industry.