A Critical Analysis of Purchasing of Health Services in the Philippines: A...
This study is a critical analysis of health services purchasing undertaken by the PhilHealth, which implements the National Health Insurance Program of the Philippines. Purchasing is about how an...
View ArticleAnalysis of catastrophic health financing by key institutions
Financial protection of patients is considered a key component of health systems, and has been a consistent policy goal of the Department of Health in the Philippines. Of paramount importance in this...
View ArticleAnalysis of the maintenance and depreciation costs and other requirements of...
To a large extent, planning and budgeting in government hospitals are still carried out in an unsystematic, nonstrategic manner that goes against the thrust of current reforms. Historic budgeting...
View ArticleAssessing the feasibility of public-private partnerships in health in the...
The government of the Philippines has decided to utilize the public-private partnership (PPP) programme to help improve access to quality hospitals and health care facilities. This paper looks into...
View ArticleFormative evaluation of the DOH's complete treatment pack (compack) program
The Complete Treatment Pack (COMPACK) program is a medicine access program designed to reach the poorest of the poor with complete treatment regimens for the top most common diseases in the...
View ArticleReview of Experience of social health insurance in three asian countries:...
The study assesses the experience of three Asian countries: China, Thailand, and Vietnam in the pursuit of universal health coverage (UHC) of their social health insurance schemes. It seeks to analyze...
View ArticleInterim assessment of the PhilHealth CARES project
The PhilHealth Customer Assistance, Relations and Empowerment Staff (CARES) project was launched in 2012 to help members and their families navigate the complex Filipino health care system. The study...
View ArticleMedical Tourism in the Philippines: Market Profile, Benchmarking Exercise,...
This report reviews the medical tourism industry in the Philippines. It discusses the global market for medical tourism, analyzes the demand and supply aspects of the local industry, and identifies...
View ArticleFactors Influencing PhilHealth Coverage and In-patient Benefit Utilization of...
According to the 2008 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) report, children under 5 are more likely to use in-patient care than other age groups. These children are not only more vulnerable...
View ArticlePerformance of DOH-Retained Hospitals in the Philippines
The national government has been aiming for the provision of essential health services that are accessible, affordable, and equitable. With the LGU Code of 1991, the Department of Health (DOH) retained...
View ArticlePerspectives on Health Decentralization and Interjurisdictional Competition...
It has only been in the recent years that developing countries are increasingly decentralizing the provision of health care to their local governments. This paper explores some key issues related to...
View ArticleImprovement of the Implementation Procedures and Management Systems for the...
One of the major challenges in the Philippine health sector is to secure adequacy of appropriate health facilities. To address this problem, the Health Facilities Enhancement Program (HFEP) was...
View ArticleReview of the Cheaper Medicines Program of the Philippines
This report provides an assessment of the Department of Health`s (DOH) three drug provision programs, i.e., Botika ng Barangay (BnB), Botika ng Bayan (BNB), and the P100 Treatment Pack (P100). The BnB...
View ArticleExpanding Social Health Insurance Coverage: New Issues and Challenges
Highly unequal access to health services and the large share of household out-of-pocket spending in total health expenditures underscore the importance of attaining universal health coverage. This...
View ArticleImproving Access to Affordable Medicines: Looking at Prevailing Prices and...
Drugs and medicines account for about half of the total medical out-of-pocket expenses of households. This share of drugs to total medical expenses is much higher for the poor than the rich. Thus,...
View ArticleA Profile of the Philippine Pharmaceutical Sector
The Philippines is one of the biggest pharmaceutical markets in the ASEAN region, next only to Indonesia and Thailand. It is a lifeline to thousands of Filipino workers and a significant contributor...
View ArticleProfile of Private Hospitals in the Philippines
As a recognition of the valuable role of private sector in the healthcare delivery system, this paper attempts to collate vital information on private hospitals in the Philippines. This paper looks at...
View ArticleMagna Carta of public health workers: does it really fulfill its intent?
The Magna Carta of Public Health Workers (RA 7305) was enacted to ensure that health workers are properly compensated, thereby helping to promote better delivery of quality health care service. This...
View ArticlePhilippine journal of development: special volume on health
The Aquino Health Agenda of 2010 articulates succinctly the Philippine health sector's aim for universal health coverage. The agenda has three thrusts: rapid expansion of enrollment and benefit...
View ArticleHealth care in private schools and private establishments in the Philippines
In 2012, there were about 4.5 million Filipinos attending private schools and an estimated 21.6 million employed by private establishments in the Philippines. Private schools and private establishments...
View ArticleAnalysis of out-of-pocket expenditures in the Philippines
Health care remains inaccessible and inequitable for all, especially for the poor in the Philippines. Among the sources of health expenditures, out-of-pocket expenses remain to be Filipinos' major...
View ArticleInstitutional financing of catastrophic health expenditures
Patients' financial protection is considered a key component of health systems and has been a consistent policy goal of the Department of Health. Of paramount importance are catastrophic health...
View ArticleSustainability of the national government premium subsidy for indigents
The national subsidy for indigent PhilHealth members identified under the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) began in 2011, in line with the government's call for...
View ArticleAnalysis of the Philippine health insurance corporation's individually paying...
The provision of social health insurance has been an increasingly popular mechanism for addressing financial barriers to health care in developing countries. In the Philippines, the social health...
View ArticlePublic-private partnership options toward achieving universal health coverage...
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are increasingly being utilized to meet development goals of many countries and there is much potential for PPPs to help address health inequities and advance...
View ArticleBenefit incidence of public spending on health in the Philippines
Directing government subsidies to social services such as health care is expected to bring about positive external/social benefits and improve equity in access to health services. In general,...
View ArticleHow are government hospitals performing? A study of resource management in...
The paper attempts to provide an overview of the hospital sector in the Philippines with particular emphasis on hospitals being managed by the DOH. The paper begins with an overview of the hospital...
View ArticleChallenges in health services trade: Philippine Case
There is a growing emphasis on the role of trade in health services (telehealth, health tourism and retirement, investments and deployment of medical professionals) in easing fiscal constraints,...
View ArticleA review of social insurance in the Philippines
This paper aims to review and assess the protection afforded by the Social Security System (SSS) and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), two of the three agencies tasked with administering...
View ArticleDevelopment research news: May-June 1998
Newsletter including these articles: 'Who Pays for Our Health?', 'Influencing Environment Friendly Cropping Through Market Prices' and 'Establishing an Electronic Database for Asia-Pacific Antidumping...
View ArticleDevelopment of the emergency medical services system
In this paper, authors reviewed the development of an Emergency Medical Services(EMS) system in Korea and modularized this process for the development of EMS in middle and low income countries. EMS...
View ArticleIs PhilHealth’s sponsored program reaching the poorest of the poor?
One of the key programmes of the PhilHealth is its Sponsored Program for the less privileged wherein health insurance coverage is open to qualified indigents belonging to the lowest 25 percent of the...
View ArticleHow are DOH hospitals funded?
As of 2009, there was a total of 1,822 licensed public and private hospitals with the Department of Health (DOH). Of this number, public hospitals accounted for only 40 percent. Despite this marginal...
View ArticleProtecting the vulnerable through social health insurance: PhilHealth’s...
To help ease the burden of medical expenses on the part of lower-income households during times of illness and emergencies, the Philippines government, through PhilHealth, launched the KASAPI...
View ArticleLooking closely on who benefits from public subsidies in health care: a...
While it is important to ascertain whether national government expenditures on gender-sensitive programmes are protected or not, it is also equally important to understand the gender-specific...
View ArticleAlternative means testing options Using CBMS
The Philhealth Indigent Program aims to provide health insurance privileges to the marginalised sector of Philippine society. Beneficiaries are identified through a survey called CBIS-MBN, using the...
View ArticleAbsorptive capacity for government and donor funding: assessing the DOH case
Looking at the major public programmes of the Department of Health (DOH), particularly the accomplishments in terms of cases treated and served, the authors say that not only is the magnitude of...
View ArticleImproving Access to Health for Women and Girls in Low-income Urban Settlements
The world is becoming increasingly urbanised. Over one third of urban dwellers now reside in low-income urban settlements, where living conditions are often inadequate and there exist multiple...
View ArticleWomen and health: the key for sustainable development
The health of women and girls is currently in an era of transition; significant improvements have occurred in the last few decades, but there are still important unmet needs alongside challenging...
View ArticleFamily planning: the key to sustainable development
January 2016 saw the launch of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) encompassing a set of 17 objectives that will guide development until 2030. At the same time, the International Conference on...
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