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The Impact Of Covid-19 On Hospital Admissions For Twelve High-Burden Diseases And Five Common Procedures In The Philippines: A National Health Insurance Database Study 2019-2020, Jhanna Uy, Vanessa T. Siy Van, Valerie Gilbert T. Ulep, Diana Beatriz Bayani, Damian Walker
The Impact Of Covid-19 On Hospital Admissions For Twelve High-Burden Diseases And Five Common Procedures In The Philippines: A National Health Insurance Database Study 2019-2020, Jhanna Uy, Vanessa T. Siy Van, Valerie Gilbert T. Ulep, Diana Beatriz Bayani, Damian Walker
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Background
The Philippines has the highest cumulative COVID-19 cases and deaths in the Western-Pacific. To explore the broader health impacts of the pandemic, we assessed the magnitude and duration of changes in hospital admissions for 12 high-burden diseases and the utilization of five common procedures by lockdown stringency, hospital level, and equity in patient access.
Methods
Our analysis used Philippine social health insurance data filed by 1,295 hospitals in 2019 and 2020. We calculated three descriptive statistics of percent change comparing 2020 to the same periods in 2019: (1) year-onyear, (2) same-month-prior-year, and (3) lockdown periods.
Findings
Disease admissions declined …
Financial Risk Protection For Neurosurgical Care In Indonesia And The Philippines: A Primer On Health Financing For The Global Neurosurgeon, Kevin Paul Ferraris, Maria Eufemia C. Yap, Maria Cristina G. Bautista, Dewa Putu Wisnu Wardhana, Sri Maliawan, I Made Ady Wirawan, Rohadi Muhammad Rosyidi, Kenny Seng, Joseph Erroll Navarro
Financial Risk Protection For Neurosurgical Care In Indonesia And The Philippines: A Primer On Health Financing For The Global Neurosurgeon, Kevin Paul Ferraris, Maria Eufemia C. Yap, Maria Cristina G. Bautista, Dewa Putu Wisnu Wardhana, Sri Maliawan, I Made Ady Wirawan, Rohadi Muhammad Rosyidi, Kenny Seng, Joseph Erroll Navarro
Graduate School of Business Publications
Which conditions treated by neurosurgeons cause the worst economic hardship in low middle-income in countries? How can public health financing be responsive to the inequities in the delivery of neurosurgical care? This review article frames the objectives of equity; quality; and efficiency in health financing to the goals of global neurosurgery. In order to glean provider perspectives on the affordability of neurosurgical care in low-resource settings; we did a survey of neurosurgeons from Indonesia and the Philippines and identified that the care of socioeconomically disadvantaged patients with malignant intracranial tumors were found to incur the highest out-of-pocket expenses. Additionally; the …