Table 1 Macro, meso and micro level health care setting and authorities
Level | Setting |
|---|---|
MACRO | Institutions of public administration at federal level with respect to health care: • Federal Government • Federal Ministry of the Interior, for Construction and Home Affairs (BMI) • Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) as well as the joint pandemic response teams of the BMI and BMG |
MESO | Institutions of public administration at state and community level with respect to health care: • State governments • State Ministries of Health • State and district administrations • City councils • Municipal administrations as well as the executive offices connected to them, such as health offices, regulatory offices, and their pandemic response teams |
MICRO | Patient care facilities and services (including inhouse pandemic response teams): • Hospitals and nursing homes as well as their providers • Home care services • Inpatient hospices • Palliative care units • Specialist palliative home care teams • Palliative care hospital support teams • General practitioners |