Name: LEGASPI, ERIKA MAE A.

Section: BSA41

PESTEL Analysis – De La Salle University Medical Center

POLITICAL ECONOMICAL SOCIAL

1. DOH’s implementation of 1. Income disparity for 1. Confidence in doctors’
deployment nurses abroad vs. PH abilities were significantly
programmes for medical (Philstar, 2020) related with lower levels of
personnel (Oxford stress, anxiety and
Business Group, n.d.) depression (Tee et al., 2020)
2. Transportation and 2. Shortage of nurses and 2. In the context of pandemic
boarder restrictions by medical staff in the in the PH, physicians suffer
the Philippine Philippines (Oxford from emotional burden
government has Business Group, n.d.) associated choosing whom
impacted health service to prioritize among human
and delivery, including beings needing life-
patients that requires sustaining treatment
specialist care the most (Castro et al., 2020)
(Bayani and Tan, 2021)

3. Lack of adequate DOH 3. Limits of Job creation 3. Low confidence in doctors

support for contact amid quarantine and medical services of
tracing (Asian restrictions represent the Filipinos with family
Development Bank, increase of unemployment members who are COVID-19
2020) rate mid-year 2021 (PSA, patients (Tee et al., 2021)
2021)
4. Government launches 4. Massive retraining of 4. Majority of patients were
Public-Private Task Physicians to become discouraged from seeking
Force T3 for mobilizing nurses abroad (Lorenzo et hospital care due to fear of
private sector to help in al., 2007) getting COVID-19 (Bayani
upgrade the capacities of and Tan, 2021)
private laboratories
(DOH, 2020)
5. Emergency Hiring of 5. Extreme increase in 5. Filipinos have more
Health Personnel for demand for hospitals with tendency to consult with a
COVID-19 Response private facilities during the public healthcare facility
(DOH, 2020) COVID-19 crisis in the than private healthcare
Philippines (Oxford provider or facility (Castro
Business Group, n.d.) et al., 2020)
TECHNOLOGICAL ECOLOGICAL LEGAL
1. Protocols on the use of 1. Disposal of infectious 1. Bayanihan
testing technologies via waste, including PPEs and Act/Bayanihan 2 on
Rapid Antigen Tests for swabs, and pharmaceutical hazard compensation for
probable cases in NCR+ wastes through a Philippine frontline health workers
 area including Cavite Health-Care Waste
(DOH, 2021) Management Project (The
Manila Times, 2021)
2. Telemedicine - use of
phones for check-
ups/consultations
(Bayani and Tan, 2021)
3. Deployment of apps for
contact tracing,
voluntary symptom
logging, and community
monitoring (Oxford
Business Group, n.d.)
4. All hospitals that acted as
vaccination sites shall
report details of all
vaccine recipients via
Vaccine Information
Management System
(DOH, 2021)
5. Online vaccine
registration to avoid
congested lines during
physical registration
2. Air quality in the
Philippines has improved
from quarantine measures,
which may contribute to
reduction in death from
cardiovascular and
respiratory diseases.
(Bayani and Tan, 2021)
3. Banning the use of
incinerators in disposing
biomedical wastes (Rappler,
2015)
4. Other hospitals’ ability to
reduce the volume of
medical waste through
reusable PPEs can also be
done by DLSUMC.
5. The sudden increase in
COVID-19 cases led to an
increase in use of disposable
masks, latex, and nitrile
gloves (Cabico, 2020)
and delivery of
emergency medical
supplies and equipment
for health facilities for
testing, tracing, isolating,
and treating COVID-19
patients (
2. Price Act for the PRRD’s
directing of the operations
of any privately-owned
hospitals and medical and
health facilities; price ceiling
of COVID-19 testing
including private hospitals
(DOH, 2020)
3. Anti-Hospital Deposit Law
– illegal refusal of providing
medical treatment to
patients who need urgent
care (Library of Congress,
2020)
4. Ecological Solid Waste
Management Act (Rappler,
2015) and Toxic Substances
and Hazardous and Nuclear
Wastes Control Act (Cabico,
2020)
5. Article VIII, Section 5.e. of
the Implementing Rules and
Regulation of Republic Act
9711 – postmarketing
surveillance system in
monitoring health products
(DOH, 2021)

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