Definition: Health care institutions

Category: Demography

This is a sub-class of Institutional Households. Health care institutions consist of convalescence establishments, establishments for the disabled, psychiatric institutions, nursing homes, specialised welfare institutions or service homes (with meal provided) etc. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/product?code=KS-AP-01-017&mode=view
Source:
Eurostat, "Guidelines and table programme for the Community programme of population and housing censuses in 2001, Vol. 2: Table Programme", Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 1999
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