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    Costs and benefits of preventing and curing tuberculosis in the Philippines
    (1986-10) Fernandez, Ma. Luisa C.; Tan, Edita
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    The distribution of government expenditures for health
    (1987-09) Lacambacal, Noemi V.; Alonzo, Ruperto
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    Population, health expenditure and the health state of the Philippines, 1969-1985
    (1987-03-20) Gamboa, Ana Maria Sophia J.; Miranda, Casimiro V.
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    An analysis of the determinants of the demand for health services: the Philippine case (1967-1985)
    (1987-09-21) Panggat, Maria Asuncion A.; Racelis, Carolina Francisca A.; Herrin, Alejandro
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    The Philippine drug industry and the national drug policy: an appraisal
    (1988-09) Guevarra, L. Jerome C.
    Drugs and pharmaceuticals are vital to- the health of the people. They have great medical and economic effects on the poor majority. Problems in the provision of drugs include high prices, weak quality control, inequitable distribution, and fragmentation of market. The industry itself is characterized by a small manufacturing sector, heavy dependence on imports, little local participation and dominance of multinationals, strong market powers due to concentration, and nil research activities. The government is enacting a national drug policy which aims to reduce prices through the mandatory use of terminology on all drugs and pharmaceuticals. Through importation, manufacture and distribution controls, it hopes to establish a self-sufficient local drug industry that responsive to the needs of the people. There are conditions that the policy should meet if it is to succeed. These are the competence of the people tasked to implement it, a local research component, re-education of health professionals and workers, a well- informed consuming public, existence of support programs and a strong political will of the government .
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    National kidney and transplant institute: yesterday, today, and tomorrow (a transitory monopoly case)
    (2002-09) Gamboa, Boogin C.; Villarin, Earl Charles N.; Tecson, Gwendolyn
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    Correlation between public health resources and health conditions
    (1982-01) Ygrubay, Antony George; Reyes, Mariano Manuel
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    The impact of public health spending on growth: a cross-country study
    (2005-03) Capule, Haydee; Talledo, Harold Christian S.; Alburo, Florian
    This paper determines the impact of public health spending (as a percentage of total government expenditure) on economic growth as measured by gross domestic product (GDP) in 78 countries worldwide, taken from the year 2001. The framework used is modified Solow model that incorporates investment in physical capital as measured by Gross Capital Formation, and human capital as measured by health outcomes (life expectancy, infant and under-five (child) mortality). Empirical findings show that the effect of public health spending on health outcomes are positive, but of little significance. A small amount of research on the impact of the outcomes on growth reveals that the evidence of viewing health as one of the more effective arrows in the development is growing stronger. Econometric analysis shows that there is indeed a positive and significant impact of public health spending on the chosen measures of health status. However, empirical results show that there exists an inverse relationship between the chosen health outcomes and economic growth. This does not imply, though, that the literature is invalidated. This could be explained by the possibility that since the chosen value for public health spending is an aggregate of different health components, the impact may be indirect, that is, it goes through other channels that are not specified in this paper for they may be unobservable or immeasurable.
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    The determinants of local government health expenditures in the provinces of the Philippines
    (2005-04-06) How, Joseph Gregory H.; Melendres, Carl Vincent A.; Tan, Edita
    Many functions were devolved to local government units with the passage of the 1991 Local Government Code, including the majority of health services. A number of problems faced by the decentralized health sector bring doubt to the efficiency gains from decentralization. This paper uses cross-sectional time-series regressions analyzing 2001 to 2003 data in studying how local government health expenditures are determined. It finds that local governments are sensitive to local health needs, as indicated by higher health spending in areas with poorer health status. Local governments with more financial resources are found to spend more on health care per capita. The management of more hospitals is another factor that leads to higher local government health spending. Substitution effects between DOH and local government health spending are observed, indicating that higher DOH spending leads to a reduction in the responsiveness of local governments to local health needs and responsibilities. The study also uses regressions to examine whether public health expenditures in 2001 affected health status in the following year. The regression results do not indicate that provinces with higher public health spending in 2001 enjoyed better health in the following year. This may mean that public health expenditures are ineffective. However, the possibility that it may take more than one year-for public health expenditures to lead to observable benefits should not be ignored.