Universal Health Care - Matches

The burden of healthcare costs varies across age, sex, location, and socioeconomic status, but the elderly, women, rural, and poorer Filipinos are mor..

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) and relevant stakeholders must prioritize raising the number of accredited hospital beds in L..

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s (PhilHealth) membership-to-population coverage in the poorest provinces is only a little over half of ..

In this study, a spatiotemporal analysis of trends and disparities in health service coverage indicators was conducted using PhilHealth data on insura..

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Philippine Health Insurance Corpora..

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the Philippines, yet the government's expenditures on cancer have been declining. In 2019, the Philipp..

Stunting is a human development disaster. It increases the chances of death in children, and if they do survive, it could still leave permanent scars ..

Health care providers such as hospitals and primary health care facilities form an integral part of any health system. Providers must have both financ..

In the Philippines, decisionmakers mostly rely on access indicators in measuring health system performance. However, as the country embarks on path-br..

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) have become the major cause of disease burden in the Philippines. In 2019, NCDs accounted for about 70 percent of the ..

This quarter’s Development Research News (DRN) focuses on some socioeconomic issues confronting the Philippine healthcare system. The banner story h..

The country’s ageing population poses a challenge to the fiscal sustainability of the government’s Universal Health Care (UHC) program.In ..

The Philippines has been experiencing unprecedented economic growth in recent years. This has fueled greater consumption among households and greater ..

The draft Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Universal Health Care Act (Republic Act No. 11223) provides detailed rules and regulations to oper..

Today I adopt as my column the article written by my US-based daughter Ivy Lopez Cabaltica, a lawyer, on the high cost of medicines in the Philippines..