Q Human health and social work activities
This section includes the provision of health and social work activities. Activities include a wide range of activities, starting from health care provided by trained medical professionals in hospitals and other facilities, over residential care activities that still involve a degree of health care activities to social work activities without any involvement of health care professionals.
Where Q sits in the NIC 2008 hierarchy
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Subcategories of Q Human health and social work activities
- 86Human health activities
This division includes activities of short- or long-term hospitals, general or specialty medical, surgical, psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals, sanatoria, preventoria, medical nursing homes, asylums, mental hospital institutions, rehabilitation centres, leprosaria and other human health institutions which have accommodation facilities and which engage in providing diagnostic and medical treatment to inpatients with any of a wide variety of medical conditions.
- 87Residential care activities
This division includes the provision of residential care combined with either nursing, supervisory or other types of care as required by the residents. Facilities are a significant part of the production process and the care provided is a mix of health and social services with the health services being largely some level of nursing services.
- 88Social work activities without accommodation
This division includes the provision of a variety of social assistance services directly to clients. The activities in this division do not include accommodation services, except on a temporary basis.
Frequently asked questions
- What is NIC 2008 Q?
- NIC 2008 Q is "Human health and social work activities". This section includes the provision of health and social work activities. Activities include a wide range of activities, starting from health care provided by trained medical professionals in hospitals and other facilities, over residential care activities that still involve a degree of health care activities to social work activities without any involvement of health care professionals.
- What does NIC 2008 Q include?
- Q Human health and social work activities contains 3 direct subcategories: 86 Human health activities; 87 Residential care activities; 88 Social work activities without accommodation.
- What is the parent category of Q?
- Q Human health and social work activities sits under Q Human health and social work activities in the NIC 2008 hierarchy.
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