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Table 2 Comparative summary of politico-administrative organization of pandemic preparedness systems

From: Pandemic preparedness systems and diverging COVID-19 responses within similar public health regimes: a comparative study of expert perceptions of pandemic response in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden

 

Denmark

Norway

Sweden

Autonomy of Health Expertise in the State

Ministerial governance Low autonomy

Ministerial governance Low autonomy

No ministerial governance High autonomy

Health Care System Centralization

Centralized

Semi-decentralized

Decentralized

Lowest administrative level of pandemic preparedness

National

Municipal

Regional

COVID-19 Strategy

From containment to suppression

From containment to suppression

From containment to mitigation