'Standardization of care not a common practice in LGU and private hospitals. One, there is no uniform standard to measure to quality of health care and performance in hospitals. The first PIDS study titled 'Assessment of Capability and Readiness of Philippine Hospitals to Provide High Quality Health Care' rolled out questionnaires to 469 out of 1,300 licensed hospitals asking about management, human resources for health, basic infrastructure just to name a few- revealed several things. Valerie Gilbert Ulep, Senior Research Fellow PIDS said.īased on two PIDS studies, there are large gaps that need to be filled before health care quality improves.

Meaning, the use of financing through for example insurance system, to demand quality of care,' Dr. Third, there is a growing use of compliance and value- based financing. Second, the UHC law outlines the need to improve quality of care. So there is a political decision that we need to take to improve on quality. 'One, as income grows, we are moving towards an upper- middle income country… people will demand for more quality care. PIDS believe there are reasons why health care quality should be improved. This public health crisis serves as a reminder that access to affordable and high quality health care is a fundamental human right,' Orbeta said. 'COVID-19 pandemic has exposed these issues and further weakened the country’s frail health care system. Studies say that one factor contributing to this health care is quality,' PIDS Head Aniceto Orbeta Jr. 'Clearly, it is not enough to improve the accessibility of health services… in developing countries like the Philippines health care access has increased, but health outcomes barely improved.

MANILA – Hospitals must adopt certain measures to improve the quality of health care system in the country, according to the latest studies by the government think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS).

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