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Official overview Division P -- MEDICAL, HEALTH CARE AND WELFARE This Division comprises establishments engaged in providing services related to medical care, public health and hygiene, social insurance, social welfare, and nursing care. “Medical and other health services” includes establishments engaged in providing medical treatment or similar medical services to patients by doctors, dentists or the like, and those engaged in providing services directly related to these medical services. “Public health and hygiene” includes establishments engaged in providing services related to the public health and hygiene involving public health centers, health consultation offices, quaran tine stations (except animal and plant quarantine stations), etc. “Social insurance, social welfare and nursing care services” includes establishments engaged in social insurance operations such as the public pension scheme, public medical insurance, publi c nursing insurance, and workers’ injury compensation insurance, and those engaged in providing services related to social welfare, care, etc. to children, the aged, handicapped persons, etc. Relationship between “MEDICAL, HEALTH CARE AND WELFARE” and other industries (1) Relationship with “WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE” Establishments primarily engaged in prescribing pharmaceuticals based on prescriptions written out by doctors or dentists are classified in the Division I -- WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE [6033]. (2) Relationship with “FINANCE AND INSURANCE” Establishments engaged in insurance operations other than social insurance, and those engaged in providing insurance services to insurance companies and policyholders are classified in the Division J -- FINANCE AND INSURANCE [67].