Hello, PIDS friends! Here's our #FactFriday for the week on the challenges faced by households with children with disabilities.
A PIDS study revealed that households with children with disabilities spend around 15 percent of their income on health care annually. To reduce such expenses, they tend to resort to self-medication, which may even worsen their children's situation. While expanding PhilHealth benefits to cover therapy services can improve their health, this will still not cover other out-of-pocket expenses, such as the cost of maintenance medicines and transportation. The study proposes the expansion of PhilHealth benefits for children with disabilities to cover medications, nursing support, and transportation assistance.
Know more about the study titled “Health Practices of Children and Women with Disabilities” here: https://pidswebs.pids.gov.ph/.../PUBLICAT.../pidsdps1760.pdf
A PIDS study revealed that households with children with disabilities spend around 15 percent of their income on health care annually. To reduce such expenses, they tend to resort to self-medication, which may even worsen their children's situation. While expanding PhilHealth benefits to cover therapy services can improve their health, this will still not cover other out-of-pocket expenses, such as the cost of maintenance medicines and transportation. The study proposes the expansion of PhilHealth benefits for children with disabilities to cover medications, nursing support, and transportation assistance.
Know more about the study titled “Health Practices of Children and Women with Disabilities” here: https://pidswebs.pids.gov.ph/.../PUBLICAT.../pidsdps1760.pdf
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