Healthcare and Public Health Sector: Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources

Sector Overview

The Healthcare and Public Health Sector constitutes approximately 15 percent of the gross national product with roughly 85 percent of the sector’s assets privately owned and operated. Operating in all U.S. states, territories, and tribal areas, the Healthcare and Public Health Sector plays a significant role in response and recovery across all other sectors in the event of a natural or manmade disaster.

While healthcare tends to be delivered and managed locally, the public-health component of the sector, focused primarily on population health, is managed across all levels of government—local, tribal, territorial, state, regional, and national.

The Healthcare and Public Health Sector highly dependent on fellow sectors for continuity of operations and service delivery including:Transportation Systems, Agriculture and Food, Energy, Water, Emergency Services, Information Technology and Communications.

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