Philippine setting

● People only go to checkups when actually sick.

Philippine healthcare system

➢ Health financing
○ budget and funds
○ sources of finance
■ government
■ insurance
■ user fees/out of pocket
■ donors: inconsistent source of funds
➢ Health care delivery system
○ services
○ health facilities
➢ Health outcomes
○ greatest indicator of the healthcare system in a country
○ life expectancy: average number of years a person can live
■ life span: maximum number of years that you can live
○ deaths and births

Life
➔ quality life should be observed
➔ government’s reponsibility in public health

Health Human Resource

- main drivers of healthcare system

Phillipine health policies and initiatives

● Health policy

Health policy development program

Licensure, Certification, Accreditation

❖ Licensure
➢ gives a facility legal approval to operate
❖ Certification
➢ give health organization authority to participate in several program
❖ Accreditation
➢ external review process that an organization elects to undergo

5 National Reference Laboratory

➔ Lung Center of the Philippines: Clinical Chemistry
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