Health care - Matches

State-run think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) is urging the government to expand the pooled procurement of medicines and&nb..

Despite the enactment of the Cheaper Medicines Act in 2008, access to quality health care without incurring financial hardship continues to be an aspi..

Filipino households saw their out-of-pocket expenditures for health increase by 54.2 percent in 2016, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority..

Communicable and noncommunicable diseases have been the primary culprits of deaths all over the world in the last two decades. However, in recent year..

The System of Health Accounts (SHA) 2011 is the current international standard for health accounting. An expanded health accounts was estimated for th..

This study is an assessment of the catastrophic health financing by several Philippine institutions including government agencies, such as the Philipp..

The current government help to poor families burdened with expensive medical care is not sufficient according to the Philippine Institute for Developm..

In 2011, PhilHealth implemented the case-based payment (CBP) scheme to improve its benefit framework, enhance hospital social services, and achieve gr..

Improving the enrollment rate for the individually paying program (IPP) of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) is an important componen..

In 2012, there were about 4.5 million Filipinos attending private schools and an estimated 21.6 million employed by private establishments in the Phil..

Health care remains inaccessible and inequitable for all, especially for the poor in the Philippines. Among the sources of health expenditures, out-of..

The World Health Organization advocates universal health coverage so that all people can obtain the needed health services without suffering financial..

Patients' financial protection is considered a key component of health systems and has been a consistent policy goal of the Department of Health. Of p..

Financial protection of patients is considered a key component of health systems, and has been a consistent policy goal of the Department of Health. O..

The main feature in this issue dwells on the critical policy issues in irrigation development confronting the agriculture sector. In particular, it di..