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The Elusive Quest for Estimates of Willingness to Pay for Health Microinsurance

Dror, David M. - 2014

Focusing on poor people in low-income countries (LICs) entails a price constraint for those planning to supply health insurance. The challenge is to price health insurance at a level that ensures a balance between expenditure and income, at least in the long term, and remains affordable and...

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Study to support improvement of the PNHA components : expenditures on employer-provided health care and private schools health services

Racelis, Rachel H. - 2014

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 the annual estimates of the two components have...

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The financial health of select Philippine hospitals and the role of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation as the national strategic purchaser of health services

Uy, Jhanna; Nuevo, Christian Edward L.; Casas, Lyle; … - 2021

, we (1) described the financial health of select public and private hospitals in the Philippines, and (2) examined …

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Financing universal health care in an ageing Philippines

Abrigo, Michael Ralph M. - 2019

The Philippines has been experiencing unprecedented economic growth in recent years. This has fueled greater … education. Behind these developments, however, is the fact that the country is slowly ageing. The Philippines' demographic … window of opportunity is closing soon. In this study, we show how an ageing Philippines may impact the magnitude and …

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Efficiency and effectiveness of earmarking for public health in the Philippines

Kimwell, Miharu Jay; Ngo, Frances Lois; Puyat, Vicente … - 2022

The Sin Tax Reform Act (STRA) of 2012 (RA 10351) and its amendments paved the way to revisit excise taxation for sin products, such as tobacco, alcohol, heated tobacco products and vapor products, and sweetened beverages. The ad valorem tax system reform has a two-fold aim: (1) increase revenues...

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Spatiotemporal analysis of health service coverage in the Philippines

Flaminiano, Clarisa Joy A.; Puyat, Vicente Alberto R.; … - 2022

We conducted a spatiotemporal analysis of trends and disparities in health service coverage indicators using PhilHealth data on insurance claims, membership, and accredited facilities merged with auxiliary datasets from the Department of Health and Philippine Statistics Authority. The results...

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Public-private partnership options toward achieving universal health coverage in the Philippine setting

Banzon, Eduardo P.; Lucero, J. A.; Ho, B. L.; Puyat, M. E. - 2014

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 universal health care (UHC). In support of these efforts, the paper defines PPPs and their role in the...

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