Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is envisioned to be the national purchaser of health services that can support both inpatient …, we (1) described the financial health of select public and private hospitals in the Philippines, and (2) examined … PhilHealth's current position in relation to its envisioned role as national strategic purchaser for Universal Health Care (UHC). [...] …

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 …

In the Philippines, decisionmakers mostly rely on access indicators in measuring health system performance. However, as …

policy: adequacy, efficacy, equity, and effectiveness. Although the STRA has brought about improvements in program and health …

impact that healthcare costs have on household living standards in a high-income country with a long established universal … health care system. We undertook this analysis using a longitudinal, nationally representative dataset – the Household Income … defined as spending 10% or more of household income on healthcare. Results: Average total household expenditure on healthcare …

Philippines’ health strategy. Yet, as this paper shows using eight household surveys, health spending increased by 150 percent …

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 institution should determine, negotiate for … and citizens (or members of Philhealth), and between the purchaser and the government, both as regulator and as funder of …

terms of health needs, financial access, physical access, opportunity costs, other household factors and location. Our …

to healthcare. The analysis is based on a household survey conducted in five regions in the Philippines in 2002. METHODS … regions, as the regions had quite different nominal income levels. RESULTS: We found a significant effect of household income …: We conclude that MIUs in Philippines improve income-related equality of access to hospitalization and medical …