An overview of key concepts and present trends in medical governance, health policy, and health sector reform in the Philippines, presented by Dr. Albert Domingo at the De La Salle Health Sciences Institute - College of Medicine on Sep. 26, 2013 for the subject "Perspectives in Medicine".
Includes the broad concept of medical governance as applied to various settings, from the point of care between provider and client/patient, to national and global health systems. Also touches on the practice of evidence-based healthcare as applied to the scale-up of innovations necessary to accelerate reform implementation, with grounding in the operational realities of implementation arrangements faced by sector managers on a day-to-day basis.
Suggested Citation:
Domingo, Albert Francis E. "Medical Governance, Health Policy, and Health Sector Reform in the Philippines: An Overview of Key Concepts and Present Trends." De La Salle Health Sciences Institute (DLSHSI). DLSHSI College of Medicine, Dasmarinas, Cavite. 26 Sep. 2013. Lecture.
9. Clinical Governance
• Clinicians have the responsibility to monitor and
manage their performance as part of the general
management of healthcare organizations.
• Decision-making for populations is qualitatively
different to that in clinical practice, even though
the evidence used for both would be the same.
• Clinicians should worry about the quality of care
they are performing; let the health system
managers worry about resource management.
Reference: Gray, 2004 (p. 357-358), with modification
10. What is health care?
• In caring for patients, the good physician
dispenses time, sympathy, and understanding
to his patients
• The physician also scientifically applies
principles of diagnosis and treatment
• Medical care has become a mosaic of many
health and non-health professionals executing
the necessary skills
Reference: Larson EB, JP Willems, and WC Liles. (2001). Manual of Admitting Orders and Therapeutics. 4th ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders
11. Healthcare Governance:
Scope, Scale, and Stakeholders
Point
of Care
Service Delivery
Networks
National and Local
Governments
Private Sector
Dynamics
International/Global
Health
12.
13. Quality of Care and Health Systems
• In any country, one of the factors affecting the
health and well-being of individuals and
populations is the quality of care provided
within the health service.
• In turn, the performance of any health system
(including provider quality) is determined by
the way in which it is designed, managed, and
financed.
Reference: Gray, 2004 (p. 288), modified
14. Measuring Quality of Care (1)
Typically done in terms of structural measures
• Health care inputs
– Availability of drugs
– Supplies and technology
– Available health manpower
• Facility-level characteristics
Solon et al. (2009). A novel method for measuring health care system performance:
experience from QIDS in the Philippines. Health Policy and Planning 1(8)
15. Measuring Quality of Care (2)
• Do structural measures have a direct impact
on health outcomes?
• Are structural inputs dynamic and thus
responsive to policy initiatives that affect daily
clinical practice?
• What about the point and period of care?
structural measures = inputs
Solon et al. (2009). A novel method for measuring health care system performance:
experience from QIDS in the Philippines. Health Policy and Planning 1(8)
16. Measuring Quality of Care (3)
Three basic elements of quality of care:
• Structure
• Process
• Outcome
Structural measures are too distant to the
interface between patient and provider and do
not address whether the inputs are used
properly to produce better health
Solon et al. (2009). A novel method for measuring health care system performance:
experience from QIDS in the Philippines. Health Policy and Planning 1(8)
20. Declaration of Alma Ata (USSR, 1978)
• Health is a fundamental
human right
• Inequality in health status
is unacceptable
• Economic and social
development (“New
International Economic
Order”) is needed to
attain health for all
• Governments are
responsible for the health
of their people
• “Primary health care” at
the level of communities
is key
• Policies of independence,
peace, détente and
disarmament will release
additional resources for
development, including
primary health care
Reference: http://www.who.int/publications/almaata_declaration_en.pdf
21. Philippine Constitution (1987)
• The State shall protect and promote the right to health
of the people and instill health consciousness among
them. (Art II, Sec 15)
• The State shall adopt an integrated and
comprehensive approach to health development
which shall endeavor to make essential goods, health
and other social services available to all the people at
affordable cost. There shall be priority for the needs of
the under-privileged, sick, elderly, disabled, women,
and children. The State shall endeavor to provide free
medical care to paupers. (Art XIII, Sec 11)
Reference: http://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
22. Philippine Constitution (1987)
• The State shall establish and maintain an
effective food and drug regulatory system
and undertake appropriate health, manpower
development, and research, responsive to the
country's health needs and problems. (Art XIII,
Sec 12)
Reference: http://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
PNoy’s Social Contract: a promise of
increased coverage of social health
insurance, and access to health
through improved health
infrastructure
23. UN Millennium Declaration (2000)
• Reduce maternal mortality by
three quarters, and under-five
child mortality by two-thirds, of
their current rates (MDGs 4, 5)
• Halt and begin to reverse the
spread of HIV/AIDS, the scourge
of malaria and other major
diseases that afflict humanity
(MDG 6)
Reference: http://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
24. Personal Care vs. Public Health
• Improvement of health through the organized
efforts of society (not individuals), through
social interventions. Examples:
– Disease screening programs
– Immunization programs
– Environmental protection
Reference: Gray, 2004 (p. 293)
25. “Pharmacology” of Public Health
• DYNAMICS and the mechanism of action:
– Will an intervention reduce the risk?
• KINETICS and the response of the system:
– Will the intervention for the main concern
increase other risks? (i.e., adverse effects)
• THERAPEUTICS and delivery:
– Is it operationally possible to introduce the
intervention?
Reference: Gray, 2004 (p. 296), with modification
26. Ethics of Prioritization:
The Individual or Society?
• It is important to recognize that at the end of
each decision on a health policy, there is an
individual.
• This is an unpleasant and difficult fact to
accept, but those who make decisions about
groups and populations must remain
continually aware of it.
Reference: Gray, 2004 (p. 305)
27. Using Economics to Set Priorities
• Economic approach is to set priorities based on costs
and benefits of health services: to do more of some
things, we have to take resources from elsewhere
• Economists should also consider practical and ethical
challenges that managers and doctors face in making
rational priority setting decisions
• Need to balance clinical autonomy with financial
responsibility
• Use national guidance, regional and local policy, and
the community’s inputs; process should be transparent
and accountable
Reference: Peacock, 2006
28. Demystifying and De-medicalizing
• The allocation of resources must be explicit
• Decision-making at all levels must be open
• Medicine must be de-mystified and health de-
medicalized, for professionals, patients, the
general public and politicians alike
• Public health / health policy is thus multi-
disciplinary, and multi-stakeholder
Reference: Gray, 2004 (pp. 317-318), modified
29.
30. Three Fundamental Goals
• Improve the health of the population served;
• Respond to people’s expectations;
• Provide financial protection against the costs
of ill-health
*These are irrespective of the level of resources
available and the organization of the health
system
Reference: Gray, 2004 (p. 289)
36. Families (specially the poor) have limited access to prenatal care, safe
delivery, immunization, and family planning
37. Families (specially the poor) have not used modern clinic or hospital
services due to lack of capital investments in facility upgrading
38. Factors in Health Policy Change
OLD
POLICY
NEW
POLICY
Ideological
inspirations
Change in
circumstances
Evidence
Common sense
From research
From experience
Reference: Gray, 2004 (Fig 7.8, p. 291; p. 292)
NOTE: Policy makers operate on a
timescale that does not generally admit
of delays that research will take.
39. Using Evidence to Craft Health Policy
• Resource reallocation among disease
management systems
• Resource reallocation within a single disease
management system
• Managing innovation
• Controlling increases in healthcare costs
without affecting the health of the population
Reference: Gray, 2004 (p. 269)
40.
41.
42. Evidence vs. Eminence
• “Experts” commit two sins that retard the
advance of science and harm the young:
– Adding prestige to opinions gives them greater
persuasive power than their inherent science
– Reviewers tend to accept or reject new evidence
and ideas not based on science, but on their
similarity to publicly-declared positions by experts
Reference: Sackett, 2000
43. Innovations
• Innovation occurs continually
• Promoting innovation may lead to
– Promotion of completely novel interventions
• e.g., stem cell therapy (?)
– Changing the provision of an established service
• A purchaser must actively manage the
introduction of innovation
Reference: Gray, 2004 (p. 273; 276)
44. The Roles of the Scientist
• Ask (and seek to answer) the right questions
• Be clear about the evidence
• Show the balance of good to harm of an
intervention for the population
Reference: Gray, 2004 (p. 322; 328), with modification
The Roles of the Policymaker
• Clarify the relevant societal values
• Make appropriate decisions using those values
(in relation to the evidence)
46. Monitoring & Evaluation in Health
MANDATE
•Policies/
Issuances
/ Orders
INPUTS
•Budgets
•Premium
Subsidies
•Supplies and
Commodities
OUTPUTS
•PhilHealth
Coverage
•Facility
Upgrading
•Logistics
Management
•Demand
Generation
OUTCOMES
•Use of quality
health
services at
affordable /
no cost
IMPACTS
•Health
•Well-being
•Improved
productivity
Can be tracked through real time
operations monitoring
47. Ensuring Performance
Reference: Gray, 2004 (p. 327; 367)
MxC
B
P =
Where:
P = performance
M = motivation
C = competence
B = barriers
Options to achieve change:
• Incentives (carrots)
• Disincentives (sticks)
hit people with carrots
49. A Structured Approach:
The Results Frame
• Critical Assumptions
• Sound Development Hypotheses
Reference: USAID, 2000
Program
Inputs/Interventions
Intermediate
Results
Development
Objective
Agency Objective
51. History of Philippine Health Reform
• 1960s: Medicare
• 1970s: Population Policy
• 1980s: Generics Act of 1988
• 1990s:
– Local Government Code of 1991
– National Health Insurance Act of 1995
• 2000-present:
– HSRA, F1, KP
Reference: Romualdez, 2011
52. Continuity in Health Reform
Kalusugan Pangkalahatan
(2010 onwards)
Fourmula One for Health
(2005 – 2010)
Health Sector Reform Agenda
(1999- 2004)
53.
54.
55. Healthy
Filipinos
Sought
Professional
Care to Address
Illness
Covered by
PhilHealth
Provided
Quality
Care
Inadequate
NHIP coverage
High unmet need
for public health
services
Poor infrastructure
and low quality of
care
Low peso support
from PhilHealth
?
X
X X
Strategic Thrusts Intend to Eliminate the Barriers
56. Healthy
Filipinos
Sought
Professional
Care to Address
Illness
Covered by
PhilHealth
Provided
Quality
Care
UHC will improve the health of beneficiaries
Focused public
health services
Increased peso
support from
PhilHealth
Facility upgrading
and quality
improvement
Increased NHIP
coverage
57. Universal Health Care (UHC)
57
Improved Health
especially for
the Poor and
Vulnerable
Secure access to
quality care at
facilities
Achieve the public
health MDGs
Provide financial
risk protection
INTERVENTIONS OF CARE
Secondary Prevention and
Primary Health Care
58. Disease Management Systems
• A disease management system consists of all
those services and interventions designed to
improve the health of individuals who have a
particular disease or a group of diseases
• Managed care: all elements of the system are
governed by the use of guidelines
Reference: Gray, 2004 (p. 270)
59. The Continuum of Care
Health
Risk
exposure
Risk contact
Latent
disease/inju
ry
Early
disease/
injury
Disease
progression
Advanced
disease/injury
Chronic
disease
Impairment
or Death
Primary Prevention:
Reduce risk exposure
Secondary
Prevention:
Detection and
intervene early
Tertiary Prevention:
Reduce progress or
complications of
established disease
PolicyandStandardsDevelopment
UHC
Interventions
60. UHC Strategies and Interventions
UHC
Strategies
Public Health Personal Care Policy and
Standards
Development
Primary
Prevention
Secondary
Prevention
Tertiary
Prevention
Achieve the
public health
MDGs
Family Health
Programs;
Health
Promotion
Facility-Based
Deliveries;
Minor Medical
and Surgical
Management
Complicated
Deliveries,
Medical, and
Surgical
Management
Regulation
and Financing
Activities
(Central and
Regional)
Provide
financial risk
protection
Primary Care Benefits (PCB)
Maternal Care Package (MCP)
TB DOTS Package
Medical and
Surgical Case
Rates
Case Type Z
Membership
Services;
Provider
Services
Secure access
to quality care
at facilities
Barangay Health
Stations;
Rural Health
Units
Rural Health
Units
District Hospitals
Provincial and
DOH-retained
Hospitals
Facility
Management
Reforms
60
61. Evidence in Primary Care
• In primary care, the provision of healthcare is
undertaken
– Over a large area
– At many scattered sites
• Decision-making covers a wide range of health
problems, sometimes in situations where it is
not possible to access support
• Hence, evidence-based decision-making is
more difficult to organize in primary care
Reference: Gray, 2004 (p. 265)
62. Advantages of Focusing
on a Discrete/Defined Population
• Facilitates the process of population needs
assessment
• Enables a purchaser to integrate the health
services that are purchased with a broad
range of public health measures to prevent
disease, promote health, and reduce
inequalities
Reference: Gray, 2004 (p. 270)
63. Start with the Poor and Vulnerable
Q1 Poorest Q2 Poor
Q3 Middle
Income
Q4 Rich Q5 Richest
39 M poor individuals 59 M non-poor individuals
Note: Population counts projected for FY 2013 (except for DSWD numbers); rounded off to the nearest million.
• Poverty incidence by NEDA/NSO is a statistical estimate without actual
names or faces of poor individuals.
• DSWD’s NHTS-PR and 4Ps/CCT, while with identification and location
data, may not have enlisted all who are genuinely poor and vulnerable
(homeless/vagrants, PWDs, prisoners, etc).
• The DOH thus uses Q1 + Q2 for planning estimates, with reliance on the
DSWD’s NHTS-PR and 4Ps/CCT for targeting/identification.
27 M individuals (NEDA)
30 M individuals (NHTS-PR)
18 M (4Ps/CCT)
Identified by DSWD
64. Purchasers vs. Providers
• In health services world-wide, there is a trend to
separate the function of purchasing healthcare
from that of providing healthcare
– Purchasers decide which health services to buy
– Providers deliver healthcare to individual patients
within the resources available
• Purchasers aim to maximize the value obtained
from the resources available
• Purchasers are not usually asked to reallocate
resources on the basis of specific diseases, but for
particular patient groups
Reference: Gray, 2004 (pp. 269; 272)
65. Behind the Scenes: Unit Costing
Component Significance Actors & Assistants Facilities, Equipment,
Commodities
Admission
Order
Initiates the contractual
relationships; inpatient
health care formally
begins. Physical space in
the building is designated
• Attending Physician
• Nursing Service
• Hospital Admitting
Section
• Billing / Accounting
Dept
• Hospital Ward /
Room; Bed
• Standard
commodities (e.g.,
cotton, alcohol,
gauze, etc)
Diagnosis Communicates to team
members the working
impression; allows actors
to plan interventions
accordingly
• All Physicians
• Nursing Service
• Pharmacists
• Nutritionist-Dietitians
• Special equipment
as needed (e.g.,
compression
stockings, pulleys,
respirators, etc)
Condition;
Allergies
Communicates to team
members the level of
attention needed as well
as precautions
• All Physicians
• Nursing Service
• Pharmacists
• Nutritionist-Dietitians
• Special
considerations for
food and drugs
Reference: Larson EB, JP Willems, and WC Liles. (2001). Manual of Admitting Orders and Therapeutics. 4th ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders
66. Behind the Scenes: Unit Costing
Component Significance Actors & Assistants Facilities, Equipment,
Commodities
Vital signs Initiates the contractual
relationships; inpatient
health care formally begins.
Physical space in the building
is designated
• Nursing Service • Telemetry (if
applicable)
• E-cart / Crash cart
• Emergency Drugs
Activity Indicates what a patient is
allowed to do, or conversely
restrictions to mobility
• Nursing Service
• Physical Therapists
• Nursing Assistants
• Orderlies
Special equipment as
needed (special beds,
wheelchairs,
restraints)
Nursing Specifies what nursing staff is
to do for the patient: I/O,
temp, daily weights,
incentive spirometry, CBG,
etc
• Nursing Service
• Nursing Assistants
• Monitoring
equipment
(stethoscope,
sphygmomanomet
er, thermometer,
etc)
• Special equipment
as needed
(suction, etc)
Reference: Larson EB, JP Willems, and WC Liles. (2001). Manual of Admitting Orders and Therapeutics. 4th ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders
67. Behind the Scenes: Unit Costing
Component Significance Actors & Assistants Facilities, Equipment,
Commodities
Diet Prescribes the diet the
patient will have
(house/regular, low fat, NPO,
etc), fluids allowed by mouth,
as well as feeding
precautions
• Nursing Service
• Nutritionist-
Dietitians
• Dietary (kitchen,
prep area, etc)
• Utensils
• Special equipment
as needed (NGT,
etc)
IV orders Prescribes intravenous
solutions to be infused
• Attending
Physician
• Nursing Service
• IV fluids (NSS,
Ringer’s, Dextrose,
etc)
• IV cannula
(needle) and
tubing
Medication
orders
Prescribes drugs to be
administered, including name
(generic preferred), dose,
route, and frequency or time
• Attending
Physician
• Nursing Service
• Pharmacists
• Drugs
• Drug delivery
equipment
(infusion pumps,
etc)
Reference: Larson EB, JP Willems, and WC Liles. (2001). Manual of Admitting Orders and Therapeutics. 4th ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders
68. Behind the Scenes: Unit Costing
Component Significance Actors & Assistants Facilities, Equipment,
Commodities
Laboratory
studies
Specifies the diagnostic
interventions (e.g.,
bloodwork, urinalysis, x-rays,
etc) to be performed
• Nursing Service
• Medical
Technologists
• Diagnostic
laboratories
(chemistry,
radiology/imaging,
etc)
• Special equipment
as needed
Special orders Specifies ancillary services
(respiratory, physical, or
occupational therapy),
consultations, special
preparations for diagnostic
studies, etc
• Referring
Physicians
• Nursing Service
• Respiratory
Therapists
• Physical Therapists
• Occupational
Therapists
• etc
• Special equipment
as needed
Reference: Larson EB, JP Willems, and WC Liles. (2001). Manual of Admitting Orders and Therapeutics. 4th ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders
69. Healthcare Financing
• Health systems are not just concerned with
improving people’s health, but also with
protecting them against the financial cost of
illness (by reducing out-of-pocket expenses).
• The sources of financing usually dictates the
system of healthcare provision. Two main sources
are:
– Insurance (risk-pooling) “pay as you go”; common
in low income countries
– Taxation (subsidies)
Reference: Gray, 2004 (p. 278)
70. Who pays for the cost of health care?
Source: 2010 Philippine National Health Accounts
11.2
15.3
8.9
52.7%
7.1
4.8 National Government
Local Government
PhilHealth
Private Out of Pocket
Private Insurance +
HMOs
Others
71. Sources of Financing
• The Sources and their Uses
– NG: Policy Support / Management
– LG: Service Delivery (residual claimant)
– PhilHealth – single payer
– PCSO, etc – catastrophic expenses
– PPP – high capital investments
– OOP – safeguard against moral hazard
• “5% of GDP” – correlation vs. causation issue
74. The Budget Cycle
and Absorptive Capacity
• Budget Call
• Agency Planning
• Negotiations with DBM
• NEP filed in Congress
• Congressional Hearings
– “Power of the Purse”
– PDAF?
• Appropriations
• Allotments and
Obligations
References: DBM, 2013; Rappler.com, 2013
75. Various Aims for Resource Allocation
Actor of Interest Aim for Resource Allocation
Individual patient • More resources to treat
his/her case
Group of patients or providers
who have the same problem
• More resources for the
particular patient group
• Openness and equity in
distribution of resources for
that group
Representatives of the general
public
• Openness and equity in
distribution of resources
across the entire range of
patient groups
Reference: Gray, 2004 (p. 270)
79. Values (?) Dominate Policy-making
• Politics tends to be driven by beliefs patronage
• It is the values returns on investment (ROI)
politicians believe to be important that dominate
decision-making about policy. Such decisions will
be tempered by the availability of resources.
• But, resource allocation can also be based on
beliefs and values patronage and ROI
• Can a shortage of resources force policy-makers
to consider the evidence and alter policy as a
result?
Reference: Gray, 2004 (p. 287)
80. The Legislation Threshold
Oppositiontolegislation
Reference: Gray, 2004 (Fig 7.9, p. 296)
There is an inverse relationship between the magnitude of
a health problem and the strength of opposition to
legislation framed to prevent it.
Number of people affected
Media interest
Strong evidence
Opposition by industry
Policy has adverse effects
High cost of intervention
81. What legal adjustments are needed to
implement UHC?
Restructuring of Excise Taxes of alcohol and
tobacco
Passage of Responsible Parenthood Bill
Strengthening of the National Health Insurance
Program
• Optimization of management of devolved health
services
• Amendment of selected laws governing practice
of health professionals
• Laws for corporate governance of hospitals
Note: An omnibus law on universal health care that shall contain specific
provisions necessary to enact required policies or amend existing laws can
also be legislated
82. Main Determinants of Health
Genetic
inheritance
Health
status
Physical
environment
Biological
environment
Social
environment
Primary care
Reference: Gray, 2004 (Fig 8.1, p. 320)
Health services
Hospital care
Screening
83. Healthcare Management and Policy,
and Organizational Change
• Health policies relate mainly to the financing
and organization of health services.
• Common objectives of organizational change:
– Decentralize power;
– Involve more people in decision-making;
– Encourage cost control;
– Reduce the number of managerial staff;
– Encourage competition in order to reduce costs
and increase quality
Reference: Gray, 2004 (p. 290)
84. Office of Secretary of Health
Attached Agencies
Regional Offices
Provincial Health Offices
City Health Offices
(Component Cities)
Inter-local Health Zones
City
Hospitals
Health
Centers
Barangay
Health
Stations
District
hospitals
Municipal health
offices/ Rural
Health Unit
Barangay Health
Stations
Provincial
Hospitals
Regional hospital
Medical Centers
Sanitaria
City Health Offices
(Chartered Cities)
City
Hospitals
Health
Centers
Barangay
Health
Stations
References: Kelekar and Llanto, 2013; Khemani, 2010
86. Secretary of Health
NCR &
Southern
Luzon
Northern &
Central Luzon
Visayas Mindanao
Secretary of Health,
DOH-ARMM
Centers for Health Development
Technical
Clusters
87. Issues in the Public Sector
• Decentralization
• Devolution
• Public Finance Management
• Procurement
88. Issues in the Private Sector
• (de)Regulation – big government vs. small
government
• Incentives and Disincentives – Profit?
89. Public-Private Partnerships
• Frame:
Profit = Revenue – Cost
• Private interest is to maximize profit
• Public interest is to ensure (by contract)
provision of social services
• Not just in infrastructure, but also elsewhere
90. The Role of Civil Society Organizations
• Churches and Faith-based Groups
• Advocacy Groups
• Academe
• NGOs
• Provider/Professional Organizations
91. PREVIEW OF A (FULL) POLICY
CYCLE: CASE OF RA 10354
92. The Reproductive Health Law
• 14+ years of debate in Congress
• 26 years after the 1987 Constitution
• State interest is to save mothers’ lives
– Population policy is elsewhere, in the POPCOM PD
• The issue is not when life begins, but the
“political question” and judicial restraint
(institutions affecting policy)
• RH Law is social legislation: more in law for
those with less in life
Reference: Jardeleza, 2013
97. What is Development Work?
• Official Development Assistance (ODA) /
Foreign Assistance Programs (FAPs)
• Shift from tangible commodities to technical
assistance (TA)
Reference: Garrett, 2007
99. Need for an Institutional Platform (1)
• Implementing health reforms in the
Philippines has become increasingly complex
• Strategic, operational, and transactional
concerns have grown
• Staff capacities and time constraints continue
to be limited
• Budgets are increasing; policies are aligning
Reference: USAID/Philippines, 2012
100. Need for an Institutional Platform (2)
• There should be an Institutional Platform (IP)
that will help design, implement, monitor, and
evaluate UHC initiatives
– Accountable to the Secretary of Health, but
independent and objective
– Funded by various sources (including , but not
impaired to provide competitive rates)
– Can network and engage with other
institutions/individuals contributory to its
objectives
Reference: USAID/Philippines, 2012
101. Health Policy Development Program(HPDP2 – Cooperative Agreement No. AID-492-A-12-00016)
• Five-year USAID health policy project (2012-
2017) implemented by the UPecon
Foundation, Inc.
• Supports the DOH-led policy formulation
process for scaling up Universal Health Care
(UHC)
• Goal is to strengthen a supportive policy and financing environment
for FP/MNCHN and TB to enable the Philippines to achieve its MDGs
in health, as well as expand and sustain its UHC initiative
• Two components: (1) establish an institutional platform to help DOH
design, implement, monitor, and evaluate the UHC agenda; and (2)
remove policy and systems barriers to FP/MNCHN and TB service
delivery
103. The Health Value Chain
Policy
Dev’t
Budget and
Expenditure
Plans
Absorptive Capacity of
Local Health Systems
Service
Providers
Clients/Patie
nts
Suppliers
Improved
Health
Information, Feedback, Monitoring
104. The Five-Star Doctor
Roles
• Health Care Provider
• Teacher
• Researcher
• Social Mobilizer
• Manager
Examples of Leaders
• Pioneer Practitioners
• Deans
• Principal
Investigators
• Politicians/Advocates
• DOH Sec / Hospital
Chiefs
Détente = easing of strained geo-political relationsContext of USSR 1978 = cold war between USSR and USA
Détente = easing of strained geo-political relationsContext of USSR 1978 = cold war between USSR and USA
Détente = easing of strained geo-political relationsContext of USSR 1978 = cold war between USSR and USA
Détente = easing of strained geo-political relationsContext of USSR 1978 = cold war between USSR and USA
It will be necessary to draw evidence from a wide variety of disciplines if public health professionals are to continue to identify the causes of ill-health and to prevent disease and promote health through the organized efforts of society.
Question:Does illness result in poverty,or does poverty result in illness?UHC is defined as achieving the best health status for a given population while providing them protection from the financial risks of utilizing care.The gains brought about by inclusive growthcan be easily wiped out by loss of productivity owing to illness and premature deathand the financial burdenof paying for health careThe push towards UHC varies in approach across countries, depending on their respective economic status, cultural context, political environment, and other operational considerations.
Epistemology = theory of knowledgeScripture: favorite citation is Mosaic law, on banning pork. BUT, public health aspect is only speculative/correlative; it is not proven that knowledge of Taeniasolium that led Moses to legislate a ban on pork.Supernatural: disease as the result of God’s displeasure, or as manifestation of malice. Example: isolation of lepersAesthetic: “Cleanliness is next to Godliness”; removal of offenses to the sensesStatistics: Florence Nightingale, who in 1855 documented conditions of the wounded and dying in Albania, as well as process of care and resources available. This led to the establishment of a Sanitary CommissionEpidemiology: Generating and testing hypotheses about disease causation; analytical; Basic SIR model: N (total population) = S (susceptible) + I (infected) + R (recovered)Evidence-based: Draws from foundation of epidemiology, but extends to organizing social efforts
Although the idea underpinning the introduction of any organizational change may reflect the ideology of the political party in power, or that of an individual, pressure group or think tank, the decision taken can be based on evidence.The nature of the evidence may be: (1) the experience of what happened since the last change in service financing and organization; or (2) derived from research findings.However, the amount of research evidence available on which to base healthcare policy is often limited, and politicians may argue that the introduction of a particular policy is supported by common sense.Reference: Gray, 2004 (p. 291)
Decision-making based on researchReference: Gray, 2004 (fig 7.7, p. 281)
1990s: disjoint split of service delivery and financing2000s onwards: “making devolution work” (attempts)
Kalusugan Pangkalahatan care builds on gains on the reform initiatives of the last decade. Health Sector Reform Agenda (HSRA) – identified the reform pillars of public health, hospital, health care financing, governance, and regulations Fourmula One for Health – provided for an implementation framework: financing, service delivery, regulation, governanceAHA-UHC/Kalusugan Pangkalahatan – an operational focus that improves, streamlines, and scales up reform interventions
This is the mandated goal. But HOW?
Case example: Gastrointestinal BleedingC/C: hematemesis (bright red blood)Admit to ICUDiagnosis: Upper GI bleedingCondition: CriticalAllergies: NKA / __
Case example: Gastrointestinal BleedingVital signs: BP, Pulse, q 15 min, Resp, Temp q2hUO q1hCVP q1hBedside flow chart noting vital signs (including postural BP if no shock), blood and fluid therapy, and results of diagnostic proceduresCall physician if: BP <60 systolic; Pulse <40 or >150; CVP >15 cm H2O; Urine output <15 ml/hrActivity: Bed restNursing: I and O; Maintain a bedside flow chart; Perform gastric lavage; Foley catheter
Case example: Gastrointestinal BleedingDiet: NPOIV orders: The patient has a right-side CVP and a #16 Angiocath in the left forearm. For CVP: #1 and #2, 1000 mL NS over 1 hr; repeat x 1, then call physician for the rate of infusionFor Angiocath: Whole blood, 2 units, to run in as fast as possible, then pRBC, 2 units, over the next hour; check with physician for next blood orderMedications: Lorazepam 1 mg IV now for sedation; No others for now
Laboratory:Admission: CBC with PC, PT/PTT STATSMA-12, portable CXR, ECG, UA, AST, ALT, pH of NG aspirateRepeat Hct q2h x 6Repeat platelets, PT in 6 hrSpecial:General surgery consultation, STATEndoscopy scheduled for 1100 (11 am)
Per WB data: Health spending was at 4.1% of GDP last 2010US: 17.6% of GDP as of 20
For us to provide financial risk protection, we endeavor to institute reforms in every link in the PhilHealth value chain: enrollment, accreditation, claims availment and processing, and insurance payments.
Strong evidence is now a necessary prerequisite before any public health policy can be introduced, but the converse is not true: the existence of strong evidence indicating the need for a public health policy does not necessarily result in such a policy being introduced.Greater obstacles are faced when using the law to implement a public health policy with the aim of protecting individuals from their own inclinations – the paternalistic role of law. (Example: Tobacco policy; next up: salt & sugar.) Powerful evidence is needed to show that such legislation is not only effective but also safe.Evidence-based policy making is of paramount importance in developing countries. However, the availability of research evidence may be limited because the performance of RCTs (i.e., Implementation Research) in countries with limited resources can be problematic. Reference: Gray, 2004 (p. 297)
Any intervention to improve the public health must act on at least one of the main determinants of health.Reference: Gray, 2004 (p. 320)
Optimize the separate and combined positive influences of DOH, DOH units, and attached agencies in support to local health systems developmentAttached agencies:PhilHealth - active membership services; expanded benefit packages; no balance billing (NBB) policy;shift to case payment system; on-site assistance in claims filingNNC - situate advocacies and operations to be in parallel with KP implementation, insofar as policy on hunger mitigation and nutrition is concernedPOPCOM - capacity building towards the goal of becoming the support agency for implementation of FP programsDeal with LGUs at the province- and independent city-wide levels via performance-based contracts/agreements in order to minimize transaction costs and maximize gains within the framework of autonomy granted to local governmentsHarness private sector participation in the upgrading of public clinics and hospitals
Use well-defined area-specific deliverables as performance targets to be pursued by DOH managers within a set timeframe with clearly defined accountabilitiesCHDs as frontline managers, with RDs accountable to the Secretary of Health through the Operations Cluster Asec/UsecOperations Cluster Asec/Usec as overall manager for a cluster of regionsTechnical Clusters at CO to provide technical supportRelations with DOH-ARMM to be handled by OSECOffices, bureaus, and units in the Technical Clusters shall provide technical assistance related to KP implementation, through the respective Technical Cluster Asec/Usec.Requests by the CHDs for support related to KP implementation shall be coursed through their respective Operations Cluster Asec/Usec.
HPDP is a five-year (2012-2017) United States Agency for International Development (USAID) health policy project implemented by the UPecon Foundation, Inc. It supports the Department of Health (DOH)-led policy formulation process for scaling up Universal Health Care (UHC). Its goal is to strengthen a supportive policy and financing environment for FP/MNCHN and TB to enable the Philippines to achieve its Millennium Development Goals in health as well as expand and sustain its Universal Health Care initiative. HPDP will support the DOH in scaling up implementation of FP/MNCHN and TB interventions. The project will provide assistance through two components: 1. Establishing an institutional platform to help the DOH design, implement, monitor and evaluate the UHC agenda; and 2. Improving policies and health systems to remove policy and systems barriers to improved supply and demand for FP/MNCHN and TB services.
Skills – from WHO/Geneva (http://www.who.int/hrh/en/HRDJ_1_1_02.pdf)Roles – from Silliman University (http://su.edu.ph/article/396-5Star-Roles)