Canadian Classification of Functions of Government (CCOFOG) 2014

• 7 - Total outlays
• 707 - Health
• 7074 - Public health services

70749 - Public health services

This class covers provision of public health services; administration, inspection, operation, or support of public health services, such as blood bank operation (collecting, processing, storing, shipping), disease detection (cancer, tuberculosis, venereal disease), prevention (immunization, inoculation), monitoring (infant nutrition, child health), epidemiological data collection, family planning services, and so forth; and preparation and dissemination of information on public health matters.

• Inclusion(s)

  • public health service laboratories
  • public health services delivered by special teams to groups of clients, most of whom are in good health, at workplaces, schools, or other non-medical settings
  • public health services not connected with a hospital, clinic, or practitioner
  • public health services not delivered by medically qualified doctors

• Exclusion(s)

  • laboratories engaged in determining the causes of disease (See 70759 R&D Health)
  • medical analysis laboratories (See 70724 Paramedical services)