THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Question 1

“A COMPLEX SET OF ORGANIZATIONS INTERACTING TO PROVIDE AN ARRAY OF HEALTH SERVICES”
- DIZON, 1977

Answer 1

THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Question 2

Average cost of an emergency room visit:

Answer 2

• P2,500

Question 3

Average cost of a doctor’s visit:

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• P500

Question 4

Number of pharmacies:

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• over 20.000

Question 5

Number of hospitals:

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• around 1,800

Question 6

Population % covered by health insurance:

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• 100% target (86% actual)

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PhilHealth Insurance Plan:

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• ranges about P2,400 - P3,600

Question 8

Ratio of doctors to people: 1:_____ (2016)

Answer 8

33,000

Question 9

_________ rate went up from 52 deaths per 100,000 pregnancies in 2015 to 221:100,000 (2017)

Answer 9

Maternal mortality

Question 10

did not decrease the prices of most medicines and did not dismantle drug monopoly that controls prices and distribution.

Answer 10

Cheaper Medicines Act of 2008

Question 11

prevents access to healthcare for poor people and for health workers to go abroad

Answer 11

Hospital reclassification

Question 12

to promote, protect, and preserve or restore people’s health by giving health services and by monitoring and motivating health service providers

Answer 12

EO No. 119, Sec. 3 (primary function)

Question 13

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

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•EO 119 Sec. 3 (responsibilities)

Question 14

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - VISION AND MISSION

A global leader for attaining better health outcomes, competitive and responsible health care system, and equitable health financing.

Answer 14

• Vision by 2030

Question 15

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.

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Mission

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LEVELS OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

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PRIMARY
SECONDARY
TERTIARY

Question 17

• Units operated by the DOH which include the rural health units, their respective sub-centers, chest clinics, malaria eradication units, and schistosomiasis control units;

Answer 17

Primary Level

Question 18

Puericulture center operated by the League of Puericulture Centers;

Answer 18

Primary Level

Question 19

Units operated by the Philippine
Tuberculosis Society such as the tuberculosis clinics and hospitals;

Answer 19

Primary Level

Question 20

Clinics operated by the Philippine Medical Association;

Answer 20

Primary Level

Question 21

Clinics operated by large industrial firms for their employees;

Answer 21

Primary Level

Question 22

Health centers and community hospitals operated by the Philippine Medical Care
Commission; and

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Primary Level

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Other health facilities operated by voluntary religious and civic groups.

Answer 23

Primary Level

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includes smaller and non departmentalized hospitals

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Secondary Level

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emergency and regional hospitals where adequate treatments are offered for patients with symptomatic stages of diseases

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Secondary Level

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specialized national hospitals which offer highly technological and sophisticated services

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Tertiary Level

Question 27

patients who are afflicted with life-threatening diseases requiring highly technical and specialized knowiedge, facilities, and personnel are treated here.

Answer 27

Tertiary Level

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LEVELS OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE WORKERS

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1. GRASSROOT OR VILLAGE HEALTH WORKERS
2. INTERMEDIATE LEVEL HEALTH WORKERS
3. FIRST - LINE HOSPITAL PERSONNEL

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• initial links of the community to health care

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Grassroot or Village Health Workers

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provide preventive health care measures and simple curatives to promote a healthy environment

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Grassroot or Village Health Workers

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encourage programs/activities such as food production programs to improve the socioeconomic level of the community

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Grassroot or Village Health Workers

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volunteers, community health workers, or traditional birth attendants

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Grassroot or Village Health Workers

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first source of professional health care

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Intermediate Level Health Workers

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attend to health problems which are already beyond the competence of the village workers

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Intermediate Level Health Workers

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provide supervision, training, supplies, and services that provide support to frontline health workers

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Intermediate Level Health Workers

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medical practitioners, nurses, midwives

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Intermediate Level Health Workers

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when hospitalization is required, they serve as the backup health service providers

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First-Line Hospital Personnel

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intermediate level health workers or village health workers are in close contact with them

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First-Line Hospital Personnel

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physicians with specialty, nurses, dentist, pharmacists, and other health professionals

Answer 39

First-Line Hospital Personnel