Functionaries at Various Levels

Link to different functionaries at different levels

Depending on the structure and function of different countries there will be different nomenclatures for the health facilities and functionaries.  The following are the usual levels that can be recognized at various levels. (See figure below)

Health care providers and health facilities: These are again divided as follows:

o   Primary level care
o   Secondary level care
o   Tertiary level care

• Middle level administrators and officials (these could be at the district levels in large countries as in South Asia or the sub-national level in smaller countries)
  

• Apex level administrators and officials: these are the apex (national) level policy makers in many small countries and state/province level apex policy makers in many federal countries (such as India, USA etc.)
  

• Apex level administrators and officials and policy makers at the federal or union government level in federal countries (such as India, USA etc.)
  

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