Health Policy

Development and
Planning Bureau

Department of Health
HEALTH POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND
PLANNING BUREAU
Overview of the Philippines
Healthcare Financing
Increasing Health Expenditure

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2012 2013 2014
Out-of-pocket expenditure is HIGH
• Curative care and medical goods
accounted for most of the country’s health
expenditure
• OOP paid close to half of curative care and
most of medical goods
• The per capita health spending of the top
quintile is around seven times that of the
bottom quintile and more than twice that
for the country
On the provision of Health Care:
• Public hospitals recieved substantial
amounts of both national and local govern
subsidy but almost half of the public
hospital expenditures were still OOP
• Private hospitals recieved larger social
health insurance than public hospitals
• Pharmacies, retailers were paid almost
entirely from OOP
Overview of the Filipinos Health
 Persistent Inequities in Health Outcomes

Every year, around 2000 A Filipino child born to the poorest Three out of 10 children
mothers die due to family is 3 times more likely to not are stunted.
pregnancy-related reach his 5th birthday, compared
complications. to one born to the richest family.
 Restrictive and Impoverishing Healthcare Costs

Tiisin ko na
lang ito..

Every year, 1.5 million families Filipinos forego or delay care due Php 4,000/month healthcare
are pushed to poverty due to to prohibitive and unpredictable expenses considered
health care expenditures user fees or co-payments catastrophic for single
income families
 Poor quality and undignified care synonymous
with public clinics and hospitals

Long wait times Limited autonomy Less than hygienic restrooms,

to choose provider lacking amenities

Privacy and confidentiality Poor record-keeping Overcrowding & under-provision of

taken lightly care
• Access to quality health services has
improved but there are still gaps that
need to be addressed
• Children and their families have been
poorly nourished
• Infant and under-five health
outcomes improved
• Progress in family planning initiatives
was reversed
• Progress in combating communicable
diseases has been uneven
• There has been a substanital incrrease
in newly-diagnosed HIV cases
• Target on access to safe water was
met but accesss to sanitary toilet
facilities was missed.
• Health care for peaople with speacial
needs has been inadequate
• “Triple burden of disease” is a public
health concern
• Emergency situations disrupt the
implementation of routine and
normal programs
• Financing for nutrition and health
services by LGU is inadequate
• Data gaps constrain decision-making
for nutrition and health
 THANK YOU
VERY MUCH!