User:Panda1600/Health care in the Philippines

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Universal Health Care (UHC) was signed into law by President Duterte as the Republic Act No. 11223. [1] 

UHC automatically enrolls all Filipino citizens in the National Health Insurance Program and expands the existing Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) coverage to include free medical consultations and laboratory tests.[1][2] UHC strives to have health providers available to every family in the Philippines to address their primary health needs.[2] The goal of the UHC is to expand the health benefits package of previous PhilHealth including access to services in preventive, palliative, and rehabilitative medicine.[1] Development of the bill was guided by the World Health Organization-Philippines who assisted by mediating public hearings and providing insight from successful implementations of UHC in other countries[1]. UHC seeks to undo certain medical practices that were originally established during colonial times, namely the reliance on private healthcare and a weak system of public healthcare.[3] However, certain problems faced by PhilHealth continue to go unaddressed under the new UHC system.[4] For example, UHC does not address the disparity between rural and urban settings, and the  fact that rural settings have fewer healthcare resources.[5] Another problem is that funding decisions are often made by a single congressman/senator with a private interest in a particular medical issue.[4] Finally, UHC only covers ‘accredited hospitals’ but many rural health stations find the process of becoming accredited difficult and therefore patient services from these stations do not qualify for coverage.[4] Statistics showed that 8 out of 10 Filipinos have had no medical check-up or physical examination in their life even with the addition of UHC.[5] Progress toward effective and equitable UHC needs not only strong political commitment but also a coherent strategy to ensure different aspects of health systems are synchronized with each other and address core performance challenges.[6]

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Universal Health Care (Republic Act No. 11223) signed into law by President Duterte. [1]

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  1. ^ a b c d e "UHC Act in the Philippines: a new dawn for health care". www.who.int. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  2. ^ a b Romualdez, Alberto G.; dela Rosa, Jennifer Frances E.; Flavier, Jonathan David A.; Quimbo, Stella Luz A.; Hartigan-Go, Kenneth Y.; Lagrada, Liezel P.; David, Lilibeth C. (2011). Principal Health Reforms (Report). World Health Organization. pp. 93–106.
  3. ^ Deutschman, Zygmunt (1945). "Public Health and Medical Services in the Philippines". The Far Eastern Quarterly. 4 (2): 148. doi:10.2307/2048965 – via JSTOR.
  4. ^ a b c Obermann, Konrad; Jowett, Matthew R.; Alcantara, Maria Ofelia O.; Banzon, Eduardo P.; Bodart, Claude (2006-06-01). "Social health insurance in a developing country: The case of the Philippines". Social Science & Medicine. 62 (12): 3177–3185. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.11.047. ISSN 0277-9536.
  5. ^ a b Literatus, Rolan F. (May 2019). "Health maintenance cooperative: an alternative model to universal healthcare coverage in the Philippines" (PDF). United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy: 1–8 – via Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan.
  6. ^ Darrudi, Alireza; Ketabchi Khoonsari, Mohammad Hossein; Tajvar, Maryam (2022-03-31). "Challenges to Achieving Universal Health Coverage Throughout the World: A Systematic Review". Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health. 55 (2): 125–133. doi:10.3961/jpmph.21.542. ISSN 1975-8375. PMC 8995934. PMID 35391524.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link)
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