Understanding the direct and indirect health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic is critical in designing a holistic … public health response. This study has two objectives. First, we demonstrated the disruption of essential healthcare services … using data from selected government facilities. Second, we estimated the productivity losses from direct and indirect health …

The expenditures for employer-provided health care in private establishments and for student health services in private … schools are two components estimated in the Philippine National Health Accounts (PNHA). The basic methodology for producing … private schools surveys. The surveys on health expenditures of private establishments and private schools were conducted again …

there is much potential for PPPs to help address health inequities and advance universal health care (UHC). In support of … these efforts, the paper defines PPPs and their role in the health system and proposes health PPP options that would support … the pursuit of UHC. The objectives of this paper are to define what PPPs are and their application in the health sector …

hospitals and health care facilities. This paper looks into the feasibility of implementing PPPs in the health sector. Review of … was reviewed using five performance criteria, namely, improved health care access, equity, and quality, operating with … said framework; and policy and program implementation recommendations for health PPPs. In order to improve the feasibility …

Seven years ago, the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act was signed into law. Its revised implementing … provisions. For the past years, Department of Health has taken the lead in the implementation of the RPRH law and has worked with … the RPRH is the delivery of responsible parenthood and reproductive health services and information. Among the key …

The study attempts to document the Philippine's experience in health devolution with focus on the Department of Health …-planned and well-designed government policy to minimize, if not avert, unintended consequences; and (ii) mainstreaming of health … units (LGUs) that were able to reap the benefits of health devolution and find out how the good practices can be replicated …