The Philippine Health Care System

Question 1

The DOH list________ licensed private hospitals, and 721 public hospitals.

Answer 1

1,071

Question 2

Medical practitioners in the Philippines are graduates from the top universities in the country and most of them have studied in _______________________

Answer 2

US medical schools.

Question 3

Private hospitals in the country have better _____________________ than the public hospitals. Private hospitals thus assure patients of higher quality service than public hospitals can provide

Answer 3

technical facilities

Question 4

• Health care providers and health educators are concentrated in urban areas.
• There is a _________ of health care manpower in the rural areas.

Answer 4

dearth

Question 5

Women tend to live longer than men by
___ years, while average life expectancy at birth for both sexes was about 72 years in 2007.

Answer 5

five

Question 6

had the highest life expectancy for both men and women.

Answer 6

Region III, IV, NCR and VII

Question 7

ARMM has the shortest life expectancy of ____ years for men and 60.43 years for women.

Answer 7

59.44

Question 8

ARMM stands for

Answer 8

Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao

Question 9

While pharmacists in some countries provide drugstore patients even without a doctor’s prescription, pharmacists in the Philippines have to follow____________ on the sale of drugs.

Answer 9

strict directives

Question 10

Develop guidelines and protocols to organize the community health team and service delivery network, implement a functional referral system, deliver health service packages, contract with private providers, implement clinical practice guidelines, generate, gain retain and use hospital revenues, and establish hospital pricing system to maximize benefits from PhilHealth.

Answer 10

Department of Health

Question 11

• Utilize its resources for public health grants and commodities to leverage the performance of LGUs in organizing the community health team and service delivery network.
• Advocate with Congress to pursue legislation that will support health reform priorities.
• Engage professional groups, the academe, NGOs and other private sector partners in establishing clinical guidelines, collaborative networks for service provision and fees, training, advocacy, and monitoring and evaluation,

Answer 11

Department of Health

Question 12

• Consolidate available resources and provide grants for upgrading of local health facilities to comply with PhilHealth accreditation standards, especially in areas where most of the poor are found.
• Operate DOH-retained hospitals and facilities to become effective instruments to influence local systems performance.

Answer 12

Department of Health

Question 13

• Secure financial risk protection for outpatients service by linking capitation payments with discrete outpatient services.
• Secure financial risk protection for inpatient services by implementing a no-balance billing policy in government hospitals for our poorest population
• Seeking other financial instruments and strategies to maintain/improve financial sustainability.

Answer 13

PhilHealth

Question 14

• Aims to make the country a global leader in “providing quality for health care for all through universal health care.”
• The program will improve the Philippines’ healthcare manpower capabilities and facilities in both public and private sector to make Philippines the country of choice for health care.

Answer 14

Philippine Medical Tourism Program