Health spending below target in Philippines

 04-Aug-15, The Standard 

The government failed to meet five of the eight healthcare financing indicators, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority.

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Data from the Philippine National Health Accounts showed three of eight healthcare financing indicators surpassed their respective targets as of 2013.

Five financing indicators were below the target, including government spending on health as percentage of total government spending, 1.1 percent below the 6.0 percent target; the out-of-pocket health spending as percentage of total health expenditure, almost 10 percent higher than the 45 percent goal.

Local government spending as percentage of the total health expenditure fell short at 7 percent compared to 11 percent target. Local government spending for public health amounted to only P16.6 percent billion, below the P29-billion goal.

PhilHealth spending as percentage of the total health expenditure accounted for only 11.5 percent, below the 19-percent target.

Private sources remained the biggest contributor, accounting for 68.2 percent of the total outlay for health during the year under review.

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 Elsevier APAC Healthcare Update