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    This document discusses inadequate access to healthcare services in the Philippines. It notes that access is unequal based on socioeconomic status, geography, lack of facilities, and living conditions. Those in poverty and rural areas face significant barriers. For example, the isolated island of Marinduque only has twelve healthcare facilities and limited transportation options. Poverty also prevents many from affording care, and underfunding leads to shortages in public hospitals. Rural areas suffer from a lack of healthcare workers, who often migrate for better opportunities. Overall, deficits in public health facilities and services in the Philippines lead to poor health outcomes, with Filipino citizens having unequal access depending on their geographical location and economic status.

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    This document discusses inadequate access to healthcare services in the Philippines. It notes that access is unequal based on socioeconomic status, geography, lack of facilities, and living conditions. Those in poverty and rural areas face significant barriers. For example, the isolated island of Marinduque only has twelve healthcare facilities and limited transportation options. Poverty also prevents many from affording care, and underfunding leads to shortages in public hospitals. Rural areas suffer from a lack of healthcare workers, who often migrate for better opportunities. Overall, deficits in public health facilities and services in the Philippines lead to poor health outcomes, with Filipino citizens having unequal access depending on their geographical location and economic status.

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    This document discusses inadequate access to healthcare services in the Philippines. It notes that access is unequal based on socioeconomic status, geography, lack of facilities, and living conditions. Those in poverty and rural areas face significant barriers. For example, the isolated island of Marinduque only has twelve healthcare facilities and limited transportation options. Poverty also prevents many from affording care, and underfunding leads to shortages in public hospitals. Rural areas suffer from a lack of healthcare workers, who often migrate for better opportunities. Overall, deficits in public health facilities and services in the Philippines lead to poor health outcomes, with Filipino citizens having unequal access depending on their geographical location and economic status.

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    Enabling Task 6: National University

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    This document discusses inadequate access to healthcare services in the Philippines. It notes that access is unequal based on socioeconomic status, geography, lack of facilities, and living conditions. Those in poverty and rural areas face significant barriers. For example, the isolated island of Marinduque only has twelve healthcare facilities and limited transportation options. Poverty also prevents many from affording care, and underfunding leads to shortages in public hospitals. Rural areas suffer from a lack of healthcare workers, who often migrate for better opportunities. Overall, deficits in public health facilities and services in the Philippines lead to poor health outcomes, with Filipino citizens having unequal access depending on their geographical location and economic status.

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    College of Allied Health

    National University
    551 M.F. Jhocson St, Sampaloc, Manila, 1008 Metro Manila

    Enabling Task 6

    In partial fulfillment of the requirements in

    PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION

    “Inadequate Access to Healthcare Services in the Philippines”

    Written and passed by:


    Castro, Angel Bela
    Ereño, Lian Jae L.
    Macadangdang, Aika Mae

    1st Year Nursing 22I

    To be passed to:
    Ms. Domelyn S. Adolfo

    October 30, 2022

    Emails of the Authors:


    [email protected]
    [email protected]
    [email protected]
    Health is a vital component of human development, and complete access to the healthcare system
    should be a fundamental human right of each citizen. Even before the COVID-19 Pandemic, the healthcare
    system in the Philippines faced spectrum issues that needed to be addressed by the government as it gives
    unequal access to citizens based on different conditions. These conditions show the juxtaposition of
    an individual's socioeconomic status, geographical area, shortage of healthcare facilities, and
    environment that one citizen lives in. Banaag et al. (2019) state that poor households are constantly
    caught in a paradox as they typically have higher healthcare needs due to their susceptibility yet suffer from
    low access to health services. Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA) also suffer from a
    lack of healthcare facilities because medical professionals are consolidated in urban areas. Due to a
    shortage of medical facilities, sea conditions are a challenge because locals cannot travel even in
    emergencies due to various calamities (Collado, 2019). Therefore, inequitable access to healthcare
    facilities and services in the Philippines is all rooted in social injustice.

    There are obvious deficiencies in public health facilities and services in the Philippines, resulting in
    poor health outcomes and health-related practices among the population. Filipino citizens face unequal
    access to healthcare services and facilities based on their geographical location. One example is
    Marinduque, Philippines; it is an isolated and depressed region that only has twelve healthcare
    facilities. Not to mention that the mode of transportation in Marinduque is only limited to tricycles,
    jeepneys, and private vehicles. Additionally, infants born in rural areas have twice the risk of dying within
    the first five years of life compared to those born in urban areas. It happens because of conflict-ridden
    regions and poor governance, which has resulted in a lack of health service facilities. Due to sea
    conditions, people cannot sail in emergencies due to weather, resulting in healthcare access deprivation.

    Poverty has also prevented millions of Filipinos from receiving necessary healthcare services.
    Some hospitals are also underfunded, resulting in a shortage of medicines and medical equipment. One
    example is people's economic status and health status in the Island Municipality of Jomalig, Quezon
    Province, which is also one of the top municipalities with severe malnutrition among children. Money is a
    significant issue for the locals because they cannot travel to health centers. For instance, a 59-year-old
    woman visited one of Las Piñas City's health centers, which are frequently out of medicine. "And the
    majority of the time, there is no doctor," she said. According to Local Government data, half of Filipinos
    do not have access to a nearby primary care facility. Subsequently, Marinduque also has a higher rate of
    poverty and malnutrition than its regional neighbors.

    In addition, rural areas also suffer from the consequences of limited movement and communication
    due to a shortage of healthcare workers. For instance, people in Jomalig, Quezon Province, must still
    hope to access health care services and find competent health workers as the municipality lacks doctors
    and professionals. Moreover, most health facilities in rural areas exhibited staff shortages and high
    workload pressure. That's why they tend to migrate instead of working in rural areas in the Philippines due
    to low salaries and benefits compared to significantly higher incomes in the destination countries. The
    Philippines is a job-scarce environment, and even for medical workers who have jobs in the healthcare
    industry, poor working conditions frequently drive them to look for work overseas.

    Deficits in public health facilities and services exist in the Philippines, resulting in poor health
    outcomes and health-related practices among the population. As a result, Filipino citizens have unequal
    access to healthcare services based on their geographical location, as isolated areas lack adequate
    healthcare facilities and locals lack access. Poverty is also one of the variables of unequal access to
    healthcare services, as poor Filipino households would rather spend their expenses on their everyday
    needs than to invest in medications, not to mention that the public hospitals also lack workers whilst the
    private hospitals have adequate manpower and resources. Therefore, the government must act quickly on
    financing facilities, including additional training of health staff in these areas, to effectively provide even the
    most basic level of quality health care.
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    ➢ Banaag, M. S., Dayrit, M. M., & Mendoza, R. U. (2019). Health Inequity in the Philippines. Disease,
    Human Health, and Regional Growth and Development in Asia, 163–174. doi:
    10.1007/978-981-13-6268-2_8
    ➢ Collado, ZC. (2019) Challenges in public health facilities and services: evidence from a
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