Structure (of health systems or health facilities)

Aspects of the design of health services that influence the way in which services are delivered. These include the numbers and types of personnel and staff; the way in which these personnel are organised to do their work; the nature and extent of the facility and equipment; the range of services offered; systems of management and amenities; accessibility; mode of financing; the way in which the eligible population is determined and enumerated; and the mechanisms of governance and administrative decision making. ([http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech.55.7.452](http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech.55.7.452))