PH HCS Flashcards
(105 cards)
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An archipelago in the South-East Asia Region
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PH population as of 2017
104.9 million
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Thirteenth most populous
country in the world (2017)
PHILIPPINES ULITT RAAA
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Predominant religion in PH?
PREDOMINANT?!
Roman Catholics constituting 87.4% of the Christian population
Demographics
Majority of Filipinos are?
religion
Christian Malays (92.2%)
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Minority groups?
Muslim minority groups comprising 5.6%
concentrated in Mindanao
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Adult literacy rate in the PH (2017)
96.5%
Demographics
Life expectancy at birth
69.1 yrs
(2016)
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GDP of the PH at the end of 2017
6.7%
one of Asia’s fastest growing economies
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TOF. The PH is categorized as a newly industrialized country
True
from agriculture to services and manufacturing.
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Contributing factor to the rising life expectancy among filipinos
- improvements in living conditions,
- better access to health services, and
- improved management and treatment of infectious diseases like pneumonia and tuberculosis (TB)
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What do you call these events experienced by Filipinos as a consequence of rising life expectancy:
* globalization and escalating climate change
* lifestyle related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)
* persistence of infectious diseases like HIV, TB, and vaccine-preventable diseases
Triple Burden of Disease
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World ranking of PH in terms of exposure to disasters due to strong typhoons occuring with high irregularity
THIRD
sis aint good enuf
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- diet,
- tobacco smoke,
- high systolic blood pressure (wc contribute to rising incidence of diseases of the cardiovascular system)
- malignant neoplasms,
- diabetes, and
- road traffic accidents
Changes in Lifestyle and prevalence of NCDs
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TOF. Effective interventions for HIV, TB, and VPDs are available
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BUT despite the availability, peenoise continue to suffer
d minention why but ig CORRUPTION?!
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Measles and diptheria
Vaccine-preventable dse
Health service delivery
basic human right guaranteed by the Philippine Constitution
of 1987
Health
Health service delivery
Two sectors of the health delivery service in the Philippines
Public and Private sectors
Health service delivery
- largely financed through a tax-based budgeting system
- health services are delivered by government facilities under the national and local governments.
Public Sector
Health service delivery
supervises the government corporate hospitals, specialty and regional hospitals
Department of Health (DOH)
Health service delivery
consisting of for-profit and non-profit health-care providers, is largely market oriented, where health care is generally paid for through user fees at the point of service
Private Sector
Health service delivery
Roles of PhilHealth
provided financial risk protection and expanded health insurance coverage for the Filipino people since 1995
Health service delivery
the Philippine health sector has :
*1224 hospitals,
*2587 city/rural health centres and
*20, 216 village health stations
(2016 figures)
Health service delivery
in terms of physical infrastructure
read thru page xxii last paragraph for detailed breakdown
auq na magbreakdown
Health service delivery (infrasctructure)
64% of hospitals are Level 1 non-departmental hospitals with an average capacity of?
41 beds