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Towards Universal Health Care Understanding Use and Spending in the Philippines

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) held a public webinar on May 16, 2024, from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM, via Zoom. The webinar featured the PIDS study "Analysis of the National Health Expenditure Survey Round 1 and Design of Survey Protocol for NHES Round 2 (Phase 1)". The study aimed to improve the National Health Expenditure Survey (NHES) conducted by the Department of Health (DOH) as a tool for understanding healthcare use and spending in the Philippines, ultimately supporting the country’s progress towards Universal Health Care (UHC). This webinar focused on the first two parts of this study, using data from the 2018 NHES to explore how Filipinos utilize healthcare services and the financial burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The first part, titled “Trends in Healthcare Service Use among Filipinos with Usual Care Providers”, was authored by PIDS Consultant Ida Marie T. Pantig and PIDS Senior Research Fellow Valerie Gilbert T. Ulep. It explored the factors influencing usual care provision and how it impacts healthcare utilization across outpatient care, hospital admissions, and emergency room visits, especially in the context of the UHC law in the Philippines. The second part of the study, “Determinants of Household Out-of-Pocket Expenditure on Noncommunicable Diseases”, was also authored by Dr. Ulep together with PIDS Consultant Lovely Ann C. Tolin. It focused on the financial burden of NCDs, highlighting the dual impact of NCDs on the health and economic well-being of Filipinos. By exploring factors affecting out-of-pocket health expenditure on NCDs, the authors suggested that improved insurance coverage and more accessible healthcare services could help alleviate the burden of healthcare costs related to NCDs. 00:00:00 Acknowledgements 00:15:40 Opening Remarks by Dr. Aniceto Orbeta Jr., PIDS President 00:24:36 Trends in Healthcare Service Use among Filipinos with Usual Care Providers 00:46:18 Determinants of Household Out-of-Pocket Expenditure on Noncommunicable Diseases 01:10:40 Insights and Recommendations from Discussants 01:53:09 Q&A 02:41:28 Closing