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Besides the hospitals and private practitioners, the pharmaceuticals industry, the medical equipment manufacturers, the private and statutory health and nursing care insurance institutions and health-related parts of the retail and services sector also form part of the core of the healthcare industry. In a comprehensive appraisal the health products of other sectors are also relevant – for example from the IT sector (e-health), the food industry (functional food), the tourism sector (wellness and fitness products), and the residential property market (senior citizen-friendly housing). All these areas of production are in turn closely linked to other sectors of the national economy (see Chapter 1 for details). A growing healthcare industry therefore also means rising demand and employment in other sectors.