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The Country’s Total Health Spending Contributes 5.5 Percent to the Economy in 2022
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In 2022, the country’s Total Health Expenditure (THE) amounted to PhP 1.20 trillion, a decline of -1.4 percent from the PhP 1.22 trillion expenditure in 2021. The share of THE to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at current prices was 5.5 percent in…
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Health Spending Registered 18.5 Percent Growth, Share of Health to Economy Went Up to 6.0 Percent in 2021
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The country’s health spending or Current Health Expenditure (CHE) reached PhP 1.09 trillion in 2021, 18.5 percent higher compared with PhP 917.15 billion posted in 2020. This increment was faster than the 12.8 percent growth registered in the…
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Health Spending Registered 12.6 Percent Growth, Share of Health to Economy Went Up to 5.6 Percent in 2020
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The country’s Current Health Expenditure (CHE) reached PhP 895.88 billion in 2020, 12.6 percent higher compared with PhP 795.64 billion in 2019. As a result, the share of THE to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at current prices was 5.6 percent.
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Health Spending Grew by 10.9 Percent in 2019
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The country’s Current Health Expenditure (CHE) reached PhP 792.6 billion in 2019, 10.9 percent higher compared to PhP 714.8 billion in 2018
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How much is the Vulnerable and Elderly Population Aged 60 and Above Spending for Health Care?
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Based on the Philippine National Health Accounts (PNHA) framework, health expenditures in 2018 for individuals aged 60 and above accounted for 22.0 percent of the total current health expenditures. While health expenditures for persons aged 65 and…
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Total Health Expenditures grew by 8.3 percent in 2018
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The country’s Total Health Expenditures at current prices grew by in 2018 amounting to from in 2017.  It contributed to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The 2018 Total Health Expenditures (THE) comprised of Current Health Expenditures (CHE) and…
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Total Health Expenditures grew by 8.0 percent in 2017
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The country’s Total Health Expenditures at current prices grew by 8.0 percent in 2017 amounting to Php 712.3 billion from Php 659.3 billion in 2016. It contributed 4.5 percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
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Total Health Expenditures grew by 10.5 percent in 2016
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The country’s total health expenditures grew from Php 593 billion in 2015 to Php 655 billion in 2016 or by 10.5 percent at current prices.The contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was at 4.5 percent. Total health expenditures comprised of…
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Each Pinoy Spent 5,859 For Health in 2014
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Per capita health expenditure in the country rose by 8.5 percent from 5,400 in 2013 to 5,859 in 2014 at current prices. On the other hand, per capita health expenditure increased by 4.2 percent at constant 2006 prices.
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Private Sources still the top contributor to total health expenditure in 2013
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The country’s total health expenditure (THE) went up by 11.7 percent, from PhP 471.1 billion in 2012 to PhP 526.3 billion in 2013. This could be mainly attributed to the large amount expended for health care by Private Sources, majority of which (82…
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