<P> Workforce and health care experts anticipate that health services will increasingly be delivered via ambulatory and nursing care settings rather than in hospitals . According to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), the health care industry consists of three main sub-sectors, divided by the types of services provided at each facility: </P> <Ul> <Li> Hospitals: primarily provides inpatient health services and may provide some outpatient services as a secondary activity . </Li> <Li> Ambulatory health care settings: primarily provides outpatient services at facilities such as doctors' offices, outpatient clinics and clinical laboratories . </Li> <Li> Nursing and residential care facilities: provides residential care, such as community care for the elderly or mental health and substance abuse facilities . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Hospitals: primarily provides inpatient health services and may provide some outpatient services as a secondary activity . </Li> <Li> Ambulatory health care settings: primarily provides outpatient services at facilities such as doctors' offices, outpatient clinics and clinical laboratories . </Li>

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