Among the four major sources of funds for health, Social Insurance grew the fastest at 32.3 percent, from PhP 39,209 million in 2011 to PhP 51,863 million in 2012. This is followed by Rest of the World, which grew by 14.6 percent, Private Sources by 12.4 percent and Government by
- In terms of levels, Government health spending amounted to PhP 86,423 million in 2012;
2.7 percent higher than its PhP 84,139 million spending in 2011.
- In 2012, the National Government spending as a percentage of the total health expenditure was estimated at
11.4 percent . This was higher than the10.0 percent target set forth in the Health Care Financing Strategy (HCFS) 2010-2020*. On the other hand, Local Government spending estimated at7.1 percent was below the HCFS target of11.0 percent .
- Pinoy households continued to bear the heaviest burden in terms of spending for their health needs as Private Out-of-Pocket reached
57.6 percent of the total health expenditure in 2012. This is equivalent to an estimated share worth PhP 269,419 million.
- The country’s total health expenditure as a percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) increased from
4.3 percent in 2011 to4.4 percent in 2012. However, the 2012 figure is still lower than the4.5 percent target set by the Department of Health as embodied in their HCFS.
- Based on the goals set in the HCFS, only two of the eight health care financing indicators exceeded the targets, namely: 1) National government spending as percentage of the total health expenditure reached
11.4 percent - higher than the10.0 percent target; and 2) National Government spending for public health amounted to PhP 20.8 billion, more than twice the target of PhP 10.0 billion.
Indicator |
Target |
PNHA Estimates |
2012 Actual Vs. Target |
|
2011 |
2012 |
|||
National government spending as percentage of the total health expenditure |
10.0 |
12.5 |
11.4 |
|
National government spending for public health (in billion pesos) |
10.0 |
21.5 |
20.8 |
- On the other hand, the performance of the other health care financing indicators were less impressive, to wit:
Indicator |
Target |
PNHA Estimates |
2012 Actual Vs. Target |
|
2011 |
2012 |
|||
Total health expenditure as percentage of GDP |
4.5 |
4.3 |
4.4 |
|
Government spending on health as percentage of total government spending |
6.0 |
4.6 |
4.1 |
|
Out-of-pocket health spending as percentage of total health expenditure |
45.0 |
57.7 |
57.6 |
|
Local government spending as percentage of the total health expenditure |
11.0 |
7.7 |
7.1 |
|
Local government spending for public health (in billion pesos) |
29.0 |
14.5 |
15.0 |
|
PhilHealth spending as percentage of the total health expenditure |
19.0 |
9.4 |
11.1 |
LISA GRACE S. BERSALES
National Statistician
* In the earlier release dated 11 August 2014, the Health Sector Reform Agenda (HSRA) was cited. This was corrected on 13 Aug 2014 to Health Care Financing Strategy 2010-2020 per information provided by the Department of Health