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Analysis of Hospital Production and Cost: Economies of Scale and Scope

Jun 01, 1995

DP 1995-21

Using full-information maximum likelihood on a cross-section sample of 65 hospitals from seven Philippine provinces, this paper jointly estimates a tw..

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A Study on Primary Health Care Services in the Philippines

Jun 01, 1995

DP 1995-20

From the first part of this paper, results from critical appraisal and description of economic impacts on health policy show that there is a limited e..

Discussion Papers

A Twenty-Five Year Review (1967-1991) of Epidemiological Profile and Trends of Selected Diseases

Jun 01, 1995

DP 1995-19

This paper deals with the epidemiological trends and incidence of selected leading diseases in the country. Mortality rates and morbidity rates are in..

Discussion Papers

Case Study of Community Health Financing in Region XI

Jun 01, 1995

DP 1995-18

This paper investigates the existing health financing schemes of communities in region XI, particularly on the factors that enable them to set up a su..

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Medicare I: Evaluation of Alternative Reform Measures

Jun 01, 1995

DP 1995-17

This study seeks to provide the Philippines Medical Care Commission with short-run and long-run alternatives aimed at improving the performance of Med..

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A Study of Philippine Hospital Management Administrative Systems

Jun 01, 1995

DP 1995-16

Hospitals are very important institutions for the economic and social well being of society. However, its success relies heavily on its managerial cap..

Discussion Papers

Economic Policies and Agricultural Incentives: The Philippine Case

Jun 01, 1995

DP 1995-15

Despite implementation of structural adjustment programs, the agriculture sector has been continuously exhibiting a dismal performance. This paper ana..

Discussion Papers

Health Financing for the Rural Poor: Findings from a Survey Study

Jun 01, 1995

DP 1995-14

This study deals with the health care needs of rural poor in Bukidnon and Misamis Oriental. Focusing on small-scale farmers and fishermen, landless la..

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Health-Seeking Behavior of Urban Poor Communities

Jun 01, 1995

DP 1995-13

Utilizing the Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach, this paper determines the socioeconomic conditions in relation to health care of the urban..

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Costs of In-patient Hospital Care for Bronchopneumonia and Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) in Manila

Jun 01, 1995

DP 1995-12

Analysis of pneumonia data set shows consistency with current literature of obtaining higher costs in government-owned and higher level facilities. Fo..

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Analysis of Health Manpower Behavior: Physicians and Dentists

Jun 01, 1995

DP 1995-11

This study analyzes the factors affecting physician and dentist’s productivity and the fees they charge for their clinic services, their willingness..

Discussion Papers

Analysis of Supply and Market for Health Care Facilities

Jun 01, 1995

DP 1995-10

This paper is two-fold. The first part deals with whether insurance have or do not have inflationary effect on government and private hospital fees. T..

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Patterns of Health Care Expenditures, Utilization and Demand for Medical Care in Sample Philippine Households

Jun 01, 1995

DP 1995-09

Due to tight fiscal budget, health care planners have started to explore alternative financing mechanisms. These alternatives can be effectively imple..

Discussion Papers

Evaluation of the Potentials of Private Insurance Industry as a Source of Health Care Finance in the Philippines

Jun 01, 1995

DP 1995-08

This paper investigates the significant contribution of private health insurance to the Philippine health care finance. It also determines ways of its..

Discussion Papers

Evaluation of Medicare I: Administrative Issues

Jun 01, 1995

DP 1995-07

Along with the economic evaluation of Medicare I, this paper looks into the designing of new policy and program options for the Medicare program. This..

Discussion Papers

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