Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community, Rev. 2.1 (NACE Rev. 2.1) - Section R

This section includes the provision of a wide range of health and social work activities. These activities can be exercised by private or public service providers.

This division includes activities of short- or long-term inpatient health care. It covers general and specialty medical/surgical care offered by hospitals, preventoria, medical nursing homes, mental hospital institutions, rehabilitation centres and other human health institutions which have accommodation facilities and which engage in providing diagnostic and medical treatment to primarily inpatients, with a wide range of medical conditions.

This division also includes medical consultation and treatment in the field of general and specialised medicine, by general practitioners and medical specialists and surgeons. It includes dental practice activities of a general or specialised nature, as well as orthodontic activities.

Additionally, this division includes medical, curative, rehabilitative or prevention activities by paramedical practitioners and health professionals other than hospitals or practicing medical doctors.

This class includes activities for human health, performed by hospitals, legally recognised to treat patients.

This class includes:
- short- or long-term provision of medical, diagnostic and treatment services, including physician, nursing and other health services to inpatients and the specialised accommodation services required by inpatients, as provided by general hospitals and specialised hospitals (e.g. community and regional hospitals, hospitals of non-profit organisations, university hospitals, military and prison hospitals)

The activities are chiefly directed to inpatients, are carried out under the direct supervision of medical doctors and include:
- activities of medical and paramedical staff
- activities of laboratory and technical facilities, including radiologic and anaesthesiologic activities
- emergency room activities
- provision of operating room services, pharmacy services, food and other hospital services
- activities of family planning centres providing medical treatment (e.g. sterilisation, termination of pregnancy), with accommodation

This group includes medical consultation and treatment, performed by general medical practitioners and medical specialists (for example, medical doctors, dentists), legally recognised to treat patients.

These activities can be carried out in private practice, group practices, hospital outpatient clinics and in clinics attached to businesses, schools, homes for older persons, labour organisations and fraternal organisations, as well as in patients’ homes.

This class includes:
- medical consultation and treatment in the field of general medicine carried out by general practitioners

This class includes:
- medical consultation and treatment in the field of specialised medicine by medical specialists and surgeons

This class includes:
- dental practice activities of a general or specialised nature (e.g. dentistry, endodontic and paediatric dentistry); oral pathology
- orthodontic activities

This group includes medical, curative, rehabilitative or prevention activities (without the provision of accommodation services) by paramedical practitioners and health professionals other than hospitals or practicing medical doctors.

This class includes activities of medical laboratories providing analytic or diagnostic services (without the medical analysis or interpretation itself), including body fluid analysis or genetic testing, directly to outpatients with or without referral from healthcare practitioners, for example:
- X-ray laboratories and other diagnostic imaging centres
- blood analysis laboratories
- DNA sequencing for ruling out or curing a specific disease

This class includes ambulance transport of patients by any mode of transport, including airplanes. Ambulance vehicles carry paramedics / medical doctors and are usually equipped with lifesaving equipment.

This class includes:
- consultation and treatment activities of psychologists (e.g. clinical psychologists, health psychologists, psychotherapists), except medical doctors

This class includes nursing and midwifery activities not performed by medical doctors, for example:
- activities of independent nurses, who work in own consulting rooms or at patients’ homes
- activities of maternity facilities, without permanent supervision of medical doctors

This class includes therapies provided by independent professionals to improve mobility, restore function or reduce pain. The therapies provided include physiotherapy, and so on.

This class includes the provision of preventive, curative, or rehabilitative healthcare services by health professionals. The health benefits of these services are not based on scientific data for diagnosing and treating diseases and have so far not been fully assessed in ways that can be universally accepted as being evidence-based.

This class includes:
- provision of traditional medicine services that comprise a range of long-standing and still-evolving practices, developed within various societies before or during the development of modern medicine (e.g. traditional Chinese therapies such as acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicines, Unani, and traditional African medicines)
- provision of complementary therapeutic services (e.g. Alexander therapy, aromatherapy, Bach therapy and other flower therapies, body therapy, Ayurvedic, herbal medicine, naturopathy, nutritional therapy)
- provision of alternative therapeutic services (e.g. homeopathy, chiropractic treatments, osteopathy, crystal therapy, iridology, kinesiology, radionics)

This class includes the intermediation of medical, dental and other human health services, by bringing clients and service providers together for a fee or commission, without the intermediary providing the medical, dental and other human health services that are intermediated. These intermediation activities can be carried out on digital platforms or through non-digital channels (including face-to-face, door-to-door, telephone, mail, and so on). The fee or commission can be received from either the client or the provider of the medical, dental or other human health service. Revenue for the intermediation activities can include other sources of income (for example, revenues from the sale of advertising space).

This class includes:
- activities for human health n.e.c.:
 • activities of paramedical practitioners in the field of optometry, hydrotherapy, speech therapy, podiatry/chiropody, etc.

This division includes the provision of residential care combined with either nursing, supervisory or other types of care, as required by the residents. Residential care is a mix of health and social services with the health services being largely nursing services. Residential care activities are provided for residents, who can be staying temporarily.

This class includes the provision of residential care, with medical assistance, nursing and rehabilitation treatments. These establishments have a permanent core staff of registered or licensed practical nurses that, along with other staff, provide nursing care in combination with personal care. The medical or nursing care services typically include administering medication, performing medical diagnoses and dressing wounds, and are chiefly provided without the supervision of a medical doctor located on the premises. 

This class includes activities of:
- homes for older persons with nursing care
- convalescent homes, other than mental health and substance abuse facilities
- rest homes with nursing care
- nursing care facilities
- nursing homes/hospices
- inpatient care hospices for palliative care

This class includes the provision of residential care (but not licensed hospital care), protective supervision and counselling to persons living with or having a diagnosis of a mental illness, intellectual disability or substance abuse, irrespective of their age.

This class includes activities of:
- facilities for the treatment of substance abuse
- mental health convalescent homes
- residential group homes for the emotionally disturbed
- mental health halfway houses
- assisted living facilities for persons having a diagnosis of intellectual disability

This class includes the provision of residential and personal care services for older persons or persons with physical disabilities who are unable to fully care for themselves and/or who choose not to live independently. The care typically includes room, board, supervision and assistance in daily living (for example, housekeeping activities). Nursing care is sometimes provided for residents in separate on-site facilities.

This class includes activities of:
- assisted living facilities
- continuing care retirement communities
- homes for older persons with minimal nursing care
- rest homes without nursing care

This class includes the intermediation of residential care activities, by bringing clients and service providers together for a fee or commission, without the intermediary providing the residential care services that are intermediated. These intermediation activities can be carried out on digital platforms or through non-digital channels (including door-to-door, face-to-face, telephone, mail, and so on). The fee or commission can be received from either the client or the provider of the residential care service. Revenue for the intermediation activities can include other sources of income (for example, revenues from the sale of advertising space).

This class includes the provision of residential care and assistance services for persons, except older persons and persons with disabilities, who are unable to fully care for themselves or who do not wish to live on their own.

This class includes:
- residential and social assistance activities provided on a round-the-clock basis to special categories of persons, but where medical treatment or education are not essential elements:
 • orphanages
 • children’s boarding homes and hostels
 • provision of residential services for homeless persons, refugees, immigrants, etc.
 • other residential family support activities

The activities are usually carried out by government offices or private organisations.

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.

This class includes:
- social, counselling, welfare, referral and similar services which are aimed at older persons or persons with disabilities in their homes or elsewhere and carried out by government offices or by private organisations, national or local self-help organisations and by specialists providing counselling services:
 • visiting older persons and persons with disabilities
 • day-care activities for older persons or adults with disabilities
 • home assistance services for older persons or persons with disabilities
 • vocational rehabilitation and habilitation activities for persons with physical disabilities where the education component is limited

This class includes:
- day-care activities for children provided in private homes or day-care centres
- after-school care activities

This class includes:
- social, counselling, welfare, refugee, referral and similar services which are delivered to individuals and families in their homes or elsewhere and carried out by government offices or by private organisations, disaster relief organisations, national or local self-help organisations and by specialists providing counselling services:
 • child and youth support activities
 • adoption service activities, activities for the prevention of cruelty to children and others
 • household budget counselling, marriage and family guidance, credit and debt counselling services
 • community and neighbourhood activities
 • activities for disaster victims, refugees, immigrants, etc.
 • vocational rehabilitation and habilitation activities for unemployed persons provided that the education component is limited
 • eligibility determination in connection with welfare benefits, rent supplements or food stamps
 • day facilities for homeless persons and other socially vulnerable groups
 • fundraising or other support activities aimed at social work
 • cultural and intercultural mediation activities aimed at: preventing the distress of adults experiencing difficulties in social and labour market integration; removing the social marginalisation of children and adolescents; rehabilitating adults and minors in prison, on probation and out of prison; and reintegrating adults into active life
 • refugee resettlement activities