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. 2008 May 28;3(5):e2269. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002269

Table 2. Summary of organisational levels in the five countries, the proportion of jurisdictions with accessible pandemic plans, and coverage of primary health care in the plans.

USA England Canada Australia New Zealand Total
Organisational level coordinating health system pandemic response State Primary Care Trust Province/Territory State/Territory District Health Board
Number of jurisdictions/organisations oversighting pandemic planning 51# 152 13 8 21 245
Number of publicly-available pandemic plans * (% of jurisdictions/organisations) 49 (96) 20 (13) 8 (62) 6 (75) 6 (29) 89 (36)
Number of pandemic plans which make reference to primary health care or ambulatory care (% of available plans) 37 (76) 20 (100) 8 (100) 5 (83) 6 (100) 76 (85)
#

Includes District of Columbia

*

The jurisdictions are shown in Figure S1