Health care industry

This guide is meant to provide information to help UBC students with their research into the health care industry. 

The health care sector encompasses systems, hospitals, medical clinics, nursing care, residential care facilities, social assistance, and ambulatory care services. This industry is the market for businesses providing medical equipment and technologies, pharmaceuticals, and other related services such as health insurance. In researching healthcare industry topics, you will need to focus your search to find information on your topic. Please visit the Contact for research help page to find contact information for business librarians who can help you develop or refine your search strategy depending on your specific topic. 

To help you form an effective research strategy, the business librarians have developed the following guide: