Philippine Healthcare Delivery Service Flashcards
An organized plan of health services (Miller- Keane, 1987)
Health Care System
Rendering health care services to the people (Williams-Tungpalan, 1981)
Health Care Delivery
The network of health facilities and personnel which carries out the task of rendering health care to the people (Williams- Tungpalan, 1981)
Health Care Delivery System
A complex set of organizations interacting to provide an array of health services (Dizon, 1977)
Philippine Health Care System
Government corporate, specialty and regional hospitals
Department of Health (DOH)
District and provincial hospitals
Provincial LGU
Rural health units, health centers and barangay health stations
Municipal LGU
Rural health units, health centers and barangay health stations, city hospitals
City LGU
The principal national health agency in the Philippines.
Department of Health (DOH)
Responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services to all Filipinos through the provision of quality health care and regulation of providers of health goods and services.
Department of Health (DOH)
provide policy direction, strategic plan, regulatory service standard, and guidelines for health
Department of Health (DOH)
under this clinical laboratories are attached to the DOH because it is the central government agency which is authorized to regulate the operation and maintenance of the laboratory
Clinical Laboratory Law
ATTACHED AGENCIES AND HOSPITALS: development of traditional and alternative health care
Philippine Institute for Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC)
ATTACHED AGENCIES AND HOSPITALS: to ensure the nutritional well-being of all Filipinos in which they do policies; creating a body or team for nutrition
National Nutrition Council (NNC)
ATTACHED AGENCIES AND HOSPITALS: a program of the government to help people pay for health services, especially for those who cannot afford
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC; PhilHealth)
ATTACHED AGENCIES AND HOSPITALS: under the HIV Law; primarily task to ensure the implementation of the Philippines’ response to HIV and AIDS situation
Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC)
hospital for pulmonary diseases
Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP)
hospital for renal diseases, dialysis, organ transplantation (kidney, liver, pancreas, stem cells, bone marrow)
National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI)
hospital for pediatric care and research services
Philippine Children’s Medical Center (PCMC)
hospital for cardiovascular care
Philippine Heart Center (PHC)
responsible for managing and implementing local health programs and services
Local Government Units
Provide limited range of services
specialty hospitals
the regulation and licensure agency of the government; health status of the population
Local Government Units
the Code devolves or transfers the responsibility for the delivery of various aspects of basic services to local governments.
LGU 1991
Helps to improve the health status of the
population
LGU 1991
according to DOH, the ideal nurse to patient ratio is what?
12 patients : 1nurse
during the year 2021, how many nurses are there in the Philippines?
88, 519
during the year 2021, how many midwifes are there in the Philippines?
41, 500
during the year 2021, how many physicians are there in the Philippines?
28, 817
during the year 2021, how many medical technologists are there in the Philippines?
12, 904
according to Filipino Nurses United, the covid patient ratio to nurses is what?
3 patients : 1 nurse
what is the ratio of critical patients to nurses?
1 patient : 1 nurse
involves different layers of financial resources and regulatory bodies to provide health service
Health Financing
4 main sources of funds
- National and Local
- Insurance
- HMO
- Out of the pocket
fund from National and Local
taxes
Funds from Insurance
PhilHealth
Funds from HMO
Health Maintenance Organization
Funds out of the pocket
- user fees
- salary
- income
- loans
Republic Act 10351
Sin Reform Law
Helps finance the Universal Health Care
program of the government, simplified the current excise tax system on alcohol and tobacco products and fixed long standing structural weaknesses, and addresses public health issues relating to alcohol and tobacco consumption.
Sin Reform Law
SSS and GSIS is under this
Sin Reform Law
Established in 1995
PhilHealth
provide health insurance coverage and ensure affordable, acceptable, available and accessible health care services for all citizens of the Philippines.
PhilHealth
A tax-exempt Government Corporation attached to the Department of Health for policy coordination and guidance.
PhilHealth
who are the members of PhilHealth?
- Employees and Self-employed individuals
- Senior Citizens
- People subsidized by local government.
- Indigents
what are the illnesses that covered by Philhealth?
- Hemodialysis
- Outpatient Blood Transfusion
- Thyroidectomy
- Tonsillectomy
- Newborn Care
- Kidney transplantation