The health services field consists of several component industries. Hospitals generally provide comprehensive health care. Some serve people with special needs, such as the young or the mentally ill. Nursing and personal care facilities provide in-patient health care. Convalescent homes are an example.
Medical laboratories assist the medical professions by providing analytic and diagnostic services.
Dental laboratories make dentures, artificial teeth and orthodontic appliances. Home health care provides medical care in the home under a doctor's supervision. Dental offices provide general and specialized dental care. Endodontists, orthodontists, and periodontists are examples of dental specialties. In doctors offices , licensed physicians practice general and specialized medicine and surgery.