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Is Decentralization Friend or Foe to Agile Public Financial Management in Health?
Report that explores how decentralization has shaped public financial management processes in the health sector
June 2022
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A Balancing Act: Health Financing in Devolved Settings
Report that examines how devolution influences health financing arrangements
June 2022
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Three Decades of Devolution in the Philippines: How This Has Shaped Health Financing and Public Financial Management Reforms
Case study that details health financing and health-related public financial management process in the Philippines, a country with three decades of experience with a devolved system of the government
April 2022
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Process Evaluation of the COVID-19 Telemedicine Regulatory Sandbox in the Philippines
Evaluation of how a regulatory sandbox for telemedicine was implemented in Metropolitan Manila from April to August 2020
March 2022
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Financing Family Planning in the Philippines: Mapping Roles, Functions, and Spending of Public and Private Agents for Family Planning from 2018 to 2019
This report presents key results and recommendations to support the development of a roadmap for family planning in the Philippines
February 2022
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Strengthening Public Financial Management Systems and Practices for Health in Response to COVID-19: A Perspective from the Philippines
Report describes the public financial management adjustments made by the country to finance its COVID-19 response
February 2022
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UHC Law Brief 6 – Strengthening PhilHealth’s Role in Purchasing Primary Care Services
Brief describes the evolution of PhilHealths’ role in purchasing primary care services and describes opportunities for reform as the Philippines strives toward the goal of universal health coverage
February 2022
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UHC Law Brief 5 – Provincial Family Planning Landscape: Experiences and Insights from Antique and Guimaras
Brief that describes the family planning context in Antique and Guimaras, analyzes the factors that affect family planning service delivery, and opportunities for strengthening these services in through the implementation of the UHC Law
July 2021
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Policy and Implementation Insights on Provider Payment Reforms of the Philippines Health Insurance Corporation
Report that documents discussions and recommendations from ThinkWell’s learning sessions with PhilHealth to inform the development of health financing and provider payment policies
June 2021
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Philippines MNCH Factsheet
May 2021
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Philippines Health Purchasing Factsheet
May 2021
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UHC Law Brief 4 – Ensuring Equitable Population Coverage: Immediate Eligibility to PhilHealth Benefits
Brief that describes how PhilHealth population coverage improved over time and how the Universal Health Care Law aims to sustain and extend these gains.
March 2021
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Newsletter (2020 – October to December)
Closing out 2020 with optimism
December 2020
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UHC Law Brief 3 – Health Financing in the Philippines
Brief that explains who pays for health services in the Philippines and how the UHC Law is designed to respond
December 2020
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Newsletter (2020 – July to September)
Capturing learnings from the COVID-19 response and leveraging purchasing to improve health outcomes
September 2020
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Country Factsheet: Philippines 2020
Factsheet that visualizes key indicators influencing strategic purchasing for primary health care in the Philippines
September 2020
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UHC Law Brief 2 – Certification of the Primary Care Provider
Brief that explains the rationale and proposed design of the certification process for primary care providers
September 2020
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Covid-19 strategies and updates: Philippines
Presentation on how our team is responding to Covid-19
December 2020
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UHC Law Brief 1 – An Introduction to the Philippines Universal Health Care Law
Brief providing an overview of the provisions of the Universal Health Care Law passed in February 2019
May 2020
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Leveraging Private Sector Primary Care Providers to Increase Access to Family Planning in the Philippines
Report explaining the process through which PhilHealth purchases family planning services, focusing on private midwives and exploring reasons for their limited engagement with PhilHealth
September 2019
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Understanding the Purchasing Context and SP4PHC Strategies in the Philippines
Presentation of the Philippines’ health system and how the SP4PHC project takes an evidence-driven approach to increase access to and quality of care.
April 2022
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Overview of the SP4PHC Project in the Philippines
One pager describing the SP4PHC project aims and strategies in the Philippines
March 2022
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SP4PHC aims to improve how governments purchase primary health care services, with a focus on family planning and maternal, newborn, and child health. SP4PHC is supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.