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Healthcare Delivery System in The Philippines

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HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM

IN THE PHILIPPINES
 HEALTH CARE SYSTEM an organized plan of
health services (Miller-Keane, 1987)
 HEALTH CARE DELIVERY rendering health care
services to the people (Williams-Tungpalan,
1981).
 HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM (Williams-
Tungpalan, 1981)
 the network of health facilities and personnel
which carries out the task of rendering health
care to the people.
HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM (Williams-
Tungpalan, 1981)
the network of health facilities and
personnel which carries out the task of
rendering health care to the people.
• PHILIPPINE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM is a
complex set of organizations interacting to
provide an array of health services (Dizon,
1977).
 The Department of Health Mandate:
The Department of Health shall be responsible for
the following: formulation and development of
national health policies, guidelines, standards and
manual of operations for health services and
programs; issuance of rules and regulations, licenses
and accreditations; promulgation of national
health standards, goals, priorities and indicators;
development of special health programs and
projects and advocacy for legislation on health
policies and programs.
The primary function of the Department of
Health is the promotion, protection,
preservation or restoration of the health of
the people through the provision and
delivery of health services and through the
regulation and encouragement of
providers of health goods and services
(E.O. No. 119, Sec. 3).
VISION
Filipinos are among the healthiest people in
Southeast Asia by 2022, and Asia by 2040
MISSION
To lead the country in the development of
a productive, resilient, equitable and
people-centered health system
1. PRIMARY LEVEL OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
2. SECONDARY LEVEL OF HEALTH CARE
FACILITIES
3. TERTIARY LEVEL OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
1. PRIMARY LEVEL OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
2. SECONDARY LEVEL OF HEALTH CARE
FACILITIES
3. TERTIARY LEVEL OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
• First contacts of the community and initial links
of health care.
• Provide simple curative and preventive health
care measures promoting healthy
environment.
• Participate in activities geared towards the
improvement of the socio-economic level of
the community like food production program.
• Community health worker, volunteers or
traditional birth attendants.
represent the first source of professional
health care
attends to health problems beyond the
competence of village workers
provide support to front-line health workers
in terms of supervision, training, supplies,
and services.
Medical practitioners, nurses and midwives.
• provide back up health services for cases
that require hospitalization
• establish close contact with intermediate
level health workers or village health
workers.
• Physicians with specialty, nurses, dentist,
pharmacists, other health professionals.

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