unit of service. unit of service. any individual, family, aggregate, organization, or community given nursing care. The level at which service is delivered varies with the particular unit entity.
A foreign affiliate as defined in inward FATS statistics is an enterprise resident in a country which is under the control of an institutional unit not resident in the same country. Control is determined according to the concept of the 'ultimate controlling institutional unit' (UCI).
An affiliate is an organization, business entity or individual that is related to and often controlled by a third party. This control may extend to shared management or ownership, common use of facilities and equipment, or access to other resources like fulfillment or customer service.