International Journal of Research Studies in Psychology
CollabWritive Special Issue
2024 Volume 10 Issue 2
Available Online: 15 August 2024
Author/s:
Castillon, Rona Redeem Maalihan
Graduate School, Lyceum of the Philippines University – Batangas, Philippines (redeemcastillon@gmail.com)
Abstract:
Universal Health Care is a newly crafted law signed and approved by President Rodrigo Roa-Duterte on February 20, 2019, relevant in this time of crisis to address the universal health access of every Filipino suffering from any health condition that requires treatment making all for health and health for all possible. Thus the researcher aimed to determine the strategies and implementation of the Universal health care under Republic Act 11223. Specifically, it sought to answer the following: Describe profile of the Organization and its structure in the responsible implementation of the program and the said law: Identify the barriers in the implementation of Universal Health Care, the strategies employed in the implementation of Universal Health Care, the level of implementation of Universal Health Care in Oriental Mindoro in terms of efficiency and effectiveness. This study utilized a quantitative research design with 169 nurses as respondents from two public hospital in Oriental Mindoro who worked under UHC for a year or more and have been oriented about UHC. Quantitative data were generated from a self-made questionnaire with the used of frequency and percentage distribution to describe the profile of the respondents and elements and structures of Universal Health Care Program. Weighted mean and rank were used to determine the (a) barriers encountered and identified (b) strategies applied in the implementation, and (c) level of implementation of Universal Health Care in relation to efficiency and effectiveness. All analyses were performed using SPSS version 25. The researcher found out that there are existing functional facilities with PhilHealth accreditation and existing organization as highly identified available structures for public health services in these two major public hospital in Oriental Mindoro; however, both facilities and human resources are not enough to cater the needs of the clients since there are evidently increased in numbers of clients during the implementation of UHC in Oriental Mindoro. Facilities and human resources are also moderately identified barriers in the implementation of UHC in Oriental Mindoro. It was detected that both facilities and human resources are not enough to cater the needs of the clients since there are evidently increasing numbers of clients since UHC has been implemented. The strategies that are implemented of these two major hospitals in Oriental Mindoro are to motivate clients to enroll in PhilHealth. the hospitals requested for budget and human resources for improvement and enhancement of the services under UHC for functional capacity. All the staffs including newly hired are trained accordingly about UHC to ensure providing quality services, maintain a healthy and cleaned hospital environment, and practice good governance. The level of implementation of universal health care in Oriental Mindoro is in moderate in relation to efficiency and effectiveness as shown in Table 4 in the Results and Discussion. In relation to this, it was shown that fast access to Phil-health is the highest score since there is PhiHealth personnel inside the hospitals for fast access and process. Followed by no balance billing or zero out of pocket policy as verbalized by the respondents that many indigents had a great privilege and availed a zero balance billing in these two public hospital. However, there is still a need for further research and much improvement needed in the implementation of UHC in Oriental Mindoro since the implementation is in moderate level to achieve the goal of UHC, which is access of all health services to all the populace.
Keywords: universal health care, health strategies, patient care
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrsp.2024.027
Cite this article:
Castillon, R. R. M. (2024). Universal Health Care Under Republic Act 11223: Strategies and implementation in Oriental Mindoro. International Journal of Research Studies in Psychology, 10(2), 219-230. https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrsp.2024.027