Supply-Side Readiness of Primary Health Care in the Philippines
Health indicators in the Philippines currently lag well behind what will be expected given the country’s level of economic development. Immunization rates are at their lowest point in 10 years, maternal mortality remains very high, one in three Fil...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/660851560319371215/Supply-Side-Readiness-of-Primary-Health-Care-in-the-Philippines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32021 |
| Summary: | Health indicators in the Philippines
currently lag well behind what will be expected given the
country’s level of economic development. Immunization rates
are at their lowest point in 10 years, maternal mortality
remains very high, one in three Filipino children suffer
from malnutrition, and the noncommunicable disease (NCD)
burden is growing. The resulting epidemiologic profile is
complex, and an adequate response requires a robust primary
health care system. With the introduction and subsequent
expansion of the social health insurer, administered by the
Philippine health insurance corporation (PhilHealth), the
central government has sought to ensure access to a number
of high-priority health services, including at the primary
level. However, much of the responsibility for implementing
the publicly funded health system is at the local level,
where capacity and resources differ. This paper seeks to
understand the extent to which basic service delivery units
(specifically rural health units (RHUs)) have the capacity
to deliver the primary health care services mandated by the government. |
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