We conducted a spatiotemporal analysis of trends and disparities in health service coverage indicators using PhilHealth …

PhilHealth in expanding population coverage has been described as "squeezing the middle:" (i) "squeezing from the top" by … expanding the PhilHealth coverage of the group subject to compulsory enrollment, i.e., the Employed Sector Program, (ii … government subsidy, it presents distinct challenges to the PhilHealth in moving toward universal coverage. First, ensuring the …

Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is envisioned to be the national purchaser of health services that can support both inpatient …, we (1) described the financial health of select public and private hospitals in the Philippines, and (2) examined … PhilHealth's current position in relation to its envisioned role as national strategic purchaser for Universal Health Care (UHC). [...] …

The paper attempts to provide an overview of the hospital sector in the Philippines with particular emphasis on … hospitals being managed by the DOH. The paper begins with an overview of the hospital sector in the Philippines, describing the …

collate vital information on private hospitals in the Philippines. This paper looks at the different characteristics and …

, barriers, and risks for the Philippines in participating in global trade in health services. It examines the country …'s capabilities in engaging in trade and identifies strategic directions that the Philippines can pursue. It also presents the …

To improve PhilHealth's benefits framework, enhance hospital services, and achieve one of the Universal Health Care … PhilHealth, administrators of health facilities, and health care providers. This also concerns operational aspects of the … implementation not an assessment whether CBP helped achieve Universal Health Coverage for the Philippines. The approach used in this …

This study is a critical analysis of health services purchasing undertaken by the PhilHealth, which implements the … National Health Insurance Program of the Philippines. Purchasing is about how an institution should determine, negotiate for … and citizens (or members of Philhealth), and between the purchaser and the government, both as regulator and as funder of …

/social benefits and improve equity in access to health services. In general, government spending on health is envisioned to improve …