health in the Philippines. Despite the country's twenty-five years of experience in decentralization, little is known about … the topic. Overall, our survey shows that the existing scholarship on the impact of decentralization on health in the … some indication of positive impacts of decentralization on increasing government health expenditures and on improving …

The study attempts to document the Philippine's experience in health devolution with focus on the Department of Health …-planned and well-designed government policy to minimize, if not avert, unintended consequences; and (ii) mainstreaming of health … units (LGUs) that were able to reap the benefits of health devolution and find out how the good practices can be replicated …

Philippines that augments the supply of rural healthcare workers in underserved areas, on several health sector outcomes. Using … underweight prevalence in poor municipalities, coinciding with increased propensity of having rural health physicians in the …

The expenditures for employer-provided health care in private establishments and for student health services in private … schools are two components estimated in the Philippine National Health Accounts (PNHA). The basic methodology for producing … private schools surveys. The surveys on health expenditures of private establishments and private schools were conducted again …

hospitals and health care facilities. This paper looks into the feasibility of implementing PPPs in the health sector. Review of … was reviewed using five performance criteria, namely, improved health care access, equity, and quality, operating with … said framework; and policy and program implementation recommendations for health PPPs. In order to improve the feasibility …

Effective health services form the backbone of health interventions. Accessibility, quality, capacity, organization …, availability of human and physical resources and equity in the provision of health services are essential for a healthcare system … to deliver desired health and related sustainable development outcomes. This paper focuses on the impact of health …

terms of health, rural-urban migration is selective in that healthy rural residents choose to migrate. Occupational choices … and living conditions are detrimental to migrants' health, however. While migration has a positive effect on migrant …

The research objective of this paper is to test whether health conditions and health behavior are related to home … homeowners consistently report better health and less physical problems. The significance of home ownership remains even after … their future health by undergoing voluntarily medical screenings more frequently. Finally, our estimations suggest that home …

Understanding the direct and indirect health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic is critical in designing a holistic … public health response. This study has two objectives. First, we demonstrated the disruption of essential healthcare services … using data from selected government facilities. Second, we estimated the productivity losses from direct and indirect health …