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    The comparative costs of preventive vs. curative malaria control programs
    (1988-03) So, Benjamin Y.; Quisumbing, Agnes R.
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    The effect of Philhealth coverage and utilization on individual out-of-pocket spending
    (2010-10) Abaoag, Marc Benjamin M.; Cabiles, Catherine Anne C.; Desierto, Desiree
    Health has been an immediate concern as countries try to maximize their overall productivity through promoting individual welfare. The recent years have seen the rise of health insurance as a means to address such concern, as well as the rapidly increasing health expenditures. This paper examines the effect of social health insurance (SHI) system in the Philippines, more commonly known as PhilHealth, on out-of-pocket spending. Using data from the Quality Improvement Demonstration Study (QIDS), the study applies econometric methods to determine the relationship between the variables of interest. Results suggest that people who are covered by PhilHealth have a lower degree of out-of-pocket spending compared to the uninsured. Furthermore, among the PhilHealth insured, higher out-of-pocket spending is incurred by those who used their insurance compared to those who did otherwise. Albeit the data has been tested empirically and results appear significant, different approaches to the study are still suggested.
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    Factors associated with the views of the youth on the reproductive health bill (house bill 5043)
    (2009-03) Del Rosario, Mia Gabrielle T.; Toda, Annalee Joyce C.
    This paper examines the factors associated with the views of the youth on the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill (or House Bill 5043), in particular the provision on reproductive health education in schools and its supposed promiscuity effect on sexuality behavior. Using cross-tabulations of the data gathered through a self-administered questionnaire survey, the paper compares the views of adolescents of different backgrounds and characteristics. Analysis of the data shows that the youth generally have favorable views on the RH bill and on its sex education provision, regardless of gender, religion or household income. It also shows that the few who have an unfavorable opinion are practicing Catholics who have never engaged in sexual intercourse. In addition, very few believe that sex education leads to promiscuity and even these few support the bill and such specific provision. Furthermore, the paper finds that population policy which helps reduce proverty is generally favored by the survey respondents. Lastly, the researchers recommend that the study be replicated to cover other youth of different backgrounds and institutional settings.
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    Health and wealth: linking life expectancy at birth to Philippine income per capita
    (2009-10) Quintos, Melanie Grace A.; Sabado, Precious Crisan R.
    How do improvements in health affect income per capita in the Philippines? To answer this question, the researchers used life expectancy as a general measure for overall health. Using data from year 1975- 2005, the impact of life expectancy on income per capita are exploited by running a regression to capture the contemporaneous, 10-year and 20-year lead effects. It is found that life expectancy has a large positive effect on population and that improvement in health has a first order effect of increasing income per capita. In this light, health by raising human capital could be an engine for economic growth most especially in developing countries like the Philippines where the principal movers that boosts the economy are sectors which are not capital intensive but rather labor intensive.