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Refers to all the components providing health care in a country or locality. WHO defines it as all organizations, people, and actions whose primary intent is to promote, restore, or maintain health.
Health Care System
Rendering health care services to the people.
Health Care Delivery
The network of health facilities and personnel that carry out the tasks and services of providing health care to the people.
Philippine Health Care Delivery System
Eight development goals agreed upon by UN member states to achieve by 2015, adopted at the Millennium Summit in 2000.
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
The target of reducing extreme poverty rates—people living on $1.25 a day—by half was achieved five years ahead of the 2015 deadline.
Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
The primary school enrollment rate in developing regions reached 91% by 2015, up from 83% in 2000.
Goal 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education
Two-thirds of developing countries achieved gender parity in primary education by 2015.
Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
The global under-five mortality rate dropped by more than half, but 16,000 children under-five still die every day from preventable causes.
Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality
The maternal mortality ratio was cut nearly in half but fell short of the two-thirds reduction aimed for.
Goal 5: Improve Maternal Health
Over 6.2 million malaria deaths were averted by 2015, and the global malaria incidence rate fell by 37%.
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Other Diseases
By 2015, 2.6 billion people gained access to improved drinking water.
Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability
Official development assistance from wealthy countries to developing countries increased by 66% between 2000 and 2014.
Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development
The Philippines made considerable progress but struggled to meet targets for poverty, education, and maternal mortality.
Success of MDGs in the Philippines
Responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services through the provision of quality health care and regulation of health services and products.
Philippine Department of Health (DOH)
Intended to improve efficiency and effectiveness by reallocating decision-making and resources to local government units (LGUs), as they know the current health situations in their localities.
Health Devolution/Decentralization of Health Services
The government corporation that administers public healthcare in the Philippines. Both citizens and legal residents can join PhilHealth programs, which subsidize treatments, including non-emergency surgeries.
PhilHealth
Local health departments work with emergency management and other officials to plan for and respond to health emergencies like disease outbreaks, natural disasters, and bioterrorism threats.
Local Health System Purpose
Challenges in the Philippine Healthcare System
Shortages of hospitals and surgical equipment, especially in rural areas where half of the population lives, often without licensed doctors or adequate facilities.
Classification of Hospitals:
According to Ownership
Government (under DOH, LGUs, DND, PNP, SUCs) or private hospitals (funded through donations, investments, or corporations).
According to Scope of Services
General hospitals serve all kinds of illnesses; specialty hospitals focus on specific diseases, organs, or patient groups.
According to Functional Capacity
Minor care, no ICU.
Level 1:
Includes ICU and specialty doctors.
Level 2:
hospitals providing comprehensive services.
Level 3:
