THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM Flashcards
“A COMPLEX SET OF ORGANIZATIONS INTERACTING TO PROVIDE AN ARRAY OF HEALTH SERVICES”
- DIZON, 1977
THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
Average cost of an emergency room visit:
- P2,500
Average cost of a doctor’s visit:
- P500
Number of pharmacies:
- over 20.000
Number of hospitals:
- around 1,800
Population % covered by health insurance:
- 100% target (86% actual)
PhilHealth Insurance Plan:
- ranges about P2,400 - P3,600
Ratio of doctors to people: 1:_____ (2016)
33,000
_________ rate went up from 52 deaths per 100,000 pregnancies in 2015 to 221:100,000 (2017)
Maternal mortality
did not decrease the prices of most medicines and did not dismantle drug monopoly that controls prices and distribution.
Cheaper Medicines Act of 2008
prevents access to healthcare for poor people and for health workers to go abroad
Hospital reclassification
to promote, protect, and preserve or restore people’s health by giving health services and by monitoring and motivating health service providers
EO No. 119, Sec. 3 (primary function)
create, plan, implement, and systematize national health policies, advocacies, and programs
issuance of health-related licenses and accreditations and disseminating information about national health indicators
•EO 119 Sec. 3 (responsibilities)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - VISION AND MISSION
A global leader for attaining better health outcomes, competitive and responsible health care system, and equitable health financing.
• Vision by 2030
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - VISION AND MISSION
To guarantee equitable, sustainable and quality health for all Filipinos, especially the poor, and to lead the quest for excellence in health.
Mission
LEVELS OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
TERTIARY
• Units operated by the DOH which include the rural health units, their respective sub-centers, chest clinics, malaria eradication units, and schistosomiasis control units;
Primary Level
Puericulture center operated by the League of Puericulture Centers;
Primary Level
Units operated by the Philippine
Tuberculosis Society such as the tuberculosis clinics and hospitals;
Primary Level
Clinics operated by the Philippine Medical Association;
Primary Level
Clinics operated by large industrial firms for their employees;
Primary Level
Health centers and community hospitals operated by the Philippine Medical Care
Commission; and
Primary Level
Other health facilities operated by voluntary religious and civic groups.
Primary Level
includes smaller and non departmentalized hospitals
Secondary Level
emergency and regional hospitals where adequate treatments are offered for patients with symptomatic stages of diseases
Secondary Level
specialized national hospitals which offer highly technological and sophisticated services
Tertiary Level
patients who are afflicted with life-threatening diseases requiring highly technical and specialized knowiedge, facilities, and personnel are treated here.
Tertiary Level
LEVELS OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE WORKERS
- GRASSROOT OR VILLAGE HEALTH WORKERS
- INTERMEDIATE LEVEL HEALTH WORKERS
- FIRST - LINE HOSPITAL PERSONNEL
• initial links of the community to health care
Grassroot or Village Health Workers
provide preventive health care measures and simple curatives to promote a healthy environment
Grassroot or Village Health Workers
encourage programs/activities such as food production programs to improve the socioeconomic level of the community
Grassroot or Village Health Workers
volunteers, community health workers, or traditional birth attendants
Grassroot or Village Health Workers
first source of professional health care
Intermediate Level Health Workers
attend to health problems which are already beyond the competence of the village workers
Intermediate Level Health Workers
provide supervision, training, supplies, and services that provide support to frontline health workers
Intermediate Level Health Workers
medical practitioners, nurses, midwives
Intermediate Level Health Workers
when hospitalization is required, they serve as the backup health service providers
First-Line Hospital Personnel
intermediate level health workers or village health workers are in close contact with them
First-Line Hospital Personnel
physicians with specialty, nurses, dentist, pharmacists, and other health professionals
First-Line Hospital Personnel
