Being a cross-sectional industry, the health care sector includes all business areas concerned with the issue of health. Besides the core business of classical health services (stationary and ambulatory care and nursing), numerous other sectors are assigned to the health industry, such as medical technology, the pharmaceutical industry, biotechnology as well as health trade or health-relevant fields like pharmacies, health tourism including wellness, spa baths, health resorts or sports and food.
Renommierte Forschungsinstitute und Hochschulen, zahlreiche Kliniken und viele kleine und mittlere Unternehmen prägen den Gesundheits-Cluster in der Region Stuttgart. Inhaltliche Schwerpunkte sind u. a. Regenerationsmedizin, Telemedizin, Orthopädietechnik, Heilmittel-Produktion, Gesundheitstourismus sowie zahlreiche Dienstleistungsangebote.
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