Philippine Statistics Authority(PSA)

June 1, 2023 Dear Rannil Pajares, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Apr 21, 2023 10:39:20 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for Healthcare Utlization. Your FOI request is approved. Our apologies for the delayed response. In reference to your data request, please be informed that our related data on this are limited to the following: 1. How often Filipino people visit healthcare providers a) 2021 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY): Chapter 9: VITAL, HEALTH and NUTRITION STATISTICS: https://psa.gov.ph/products-and-services/publications/philippine-statistical-yearbook Table 9.13 Number of Government Medical Practitioners by Region: 2010 to 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2021_T9_13.xlsx Table 9.16 Number of Hospitals and Bed Capacity: 1990 to 2015: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2021_T9_16.xlsx Table 9.17 Number of Hospitals by Type and by Region: 2005 to 2015: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2021_T9_17.xlsx Table 9.18 Number of Barangay Health Stations by Region: 2002 to 2019: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2021_T9_18.xlsx 2. Types of healthcare services they use a) National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS): https://psa.gov.ph/content/national-demographic-and-health-survey-ndhs 3.4 PHILHEALTH COVERAGE: Table 4 PhilHealth coverage https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2022%20NDHS%20Key%20Indicators%20Report.pdf b) Philippine National Health Accounts: https://psa.gov.ph/pnha-press-release Philippine National Health Accounts Tables: https://psa.gov.ph/pnha-press-release/tables Philippine National Health Accounts Publication: https://psa.gov.ph/content/philippine-national-health-accounts-0 c) 2021 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY) Chapter 16: BANKING and FINANCE: https://psa.gov.ph/products-and-services/publications/philippine-statistical-yearbook Table 16.25 Number of Insurance Companies Authorized to Transact Business in the Philippines: 2011 to 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2021_T16_25.xlsx d) OpenSTAT: Philippine National Health Accounts: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__2B__SA__HA/?tablelist=true 3. Reasons for seeking healthcare- we do not have specific data on this. For this data, you may want to refer with Department of Health: https://doh.gov.ph/ We would love to hear your Feedback so we can improve our services. Kindly fill out the PSA Customer feedback form from this link: https://tinyurl.com/OnlineCSSForm. Thank you. Respectfully, Noel G. Perez (Information Technology Officer III) Officer-in-Charge Information Technology and Dissemination Service