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Health Economics
Appreciating the Philippine Health System

Name SOPHIA ALESNA_________________________ Section _____INCISOR___________

1. Choose two (2) countries aside from the Philippines. Ideally, 1 country should be a
developed/industrialized country; another should be a newly industrializing country, and the
Philippines.
2. Do an internet search of the following parameters and accomplish the table:

Table 1. Health Indicators.

Philippines USA CHINA

Age Distribution 30% 18.24 25

Life Expectancy at Birth 72.12 77 78

Crude Birth Rate 19 12 10

Crude Death Rate 5% 1054.8 7%

Infant Mortality Rate 17 5 8

Leading Cause of HEART HEART VIOLENCE

Mortality

Leading Cause of DISEASE OF THE CANCER STROKE

Morbidity VASCULAR SYSTEM

Table 2. Health Care System Model.

Philippines (Country A) (Country B)

Health Care SHARED IN UBLIC BEVERIDGE MODEL FREE HEALTH CARE

System Model AND PRIVATE

Table 3. Health Care Facilities and Health Workforce.

Philippines (Country A) (Country B)

Barangay Health COMMUNICATION NONE NONE

Stations
Number of Hospitals 59 6K 36K

• Government 30 4K 20K

• Private 29 2K 16K

• Hospital Bed to 5% 10% 15%

Population Ratio

Health Workforce

• Physicians

- Number 100K 1M 2M

- Ratio to population 2B 5B 8B

• Nurses

- Number 500K 300,000 200,000

- Ratio to population 60% 80% 99%

• Dentists

- Number 900,000 1M 500,000

- Ratio to population 2B 5B 8B

• Pharmacists

- Number 200,000 354,000 196.000

- Ratio to population 2B 5B 8B

• Midwives

- Number 50,000 30,000 60,000

- Ratio to population 2B 5B 8B

3. Write an essay on the Philippine Health System – its strengths and weaknesses (using data from the
 tables) and the implications to health (health indicators in Table 1). Compare/contrast with the
countries selected.
In general, the Philippines' healthcare system is of high quality. Medical personnel in the Philippines
are highly qualified, but the facilities in which they work are of lower quality than those found in
high-end US or European healthcare institutions.

Although the Philippines' state-funded public healthcare system is generally of high quality, it varies
substantially across rural and urban areas. Private healthcare is more consistent in the Philippines;
private hospitals often have superior equipment than public ones. Because English is widely spoken
in the Philippines, foreigners should face few linguistic challenges in accessing treatment.

In this piece, we'll provide an overview of the Philippines' private and public healthcare systems, as
well as a summary of the greatest healthcare careers in the country.

Here are some notable distinctions between China's healthcare system and that of the United States:
95%+ of Chinese citizens have public health insurance, which is much greater than in the United
States. Even with public insurance, patients in China must pay some fees and copays.