Table 2 Internet searching: institutions included at each level of Health System
Level of the Health System | Definition |
|---|---|
Macro Level | Organisms of the national, provincial and municipal State in charge of health policy formulation, execution and control. It includes: a) National State: Ministry of Health, including all its decentralized departments, secretaries'offices and their dependent organizations that have health promotion, prevention and care as one of their specific goals; b) Provincial State: Health ministries or offices of the provincial government; c) Municipal State: Health offices of cities that were provincial capitals or have more than 250.000 inhabitants. |
Websites of Health Technology Assessment agencies were also included at this level. | |
Meso Level | Intermediate institutions of the public, private and social security sector that provide or manage health services. It includes: individual providers, organizations of providers and health assurance institutions. |
Micro Level | It is theoretically constituted by individual health professionals. In practice, scientific or professional associations were selected. Only national organizations were included. |