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As of 2018, the Philippines has 1,224 hospitals, 2587 health centers, and 20,216 health stations. Most hospitals are small, with 64% being Level 1 non-departmental hospitals. The private sector's share of hospital beds has increased from 46% to 53%. The distribution of healthcare resources is uneven.
As per law, the government is obliged to establish Malasakit Centers in all hospitals under the Department of Health and the Philippine General Hospital. The legislation also authorizes the Philippine National Police to set up of such facilities.
As of September 2020, the Philippines has a population of nearly 110 million and a population density of 368 per square kilometer. 32% of the population of the Philippines is under 15 years old, and only 22.2% is over 60. In the Philippines, 16.6% of the population lived below the national poverty line in 2018. [8] [9]
A tertiary referral hospital (also called a tertiary hospital, tertiary referral center, tertiary care center, or tertiary center) is a hospital that provides tertiary care, [1] which is a level of health care obtained from specialists in a large hospital after referral from the providers of primary care and secondary care. [2]
The San Lazaro Hospital (SLH) is a tertiary health facility in Manila, Philippines. It is a referral facility for communicable diseases and is one of the retained special tertiary hospital of the Department of Health and is funded by subsidy from the Philippine national government.
Owned by the De La Salle Brothers Philippines and administered by the Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres, it offers a tertiary level of medical care. The offices of the clinical departments and the full-time clinical faculty members are in this hospital. Since 1995, the expansion program has increased the hospital's bed capacity to a total of 300 ...
St. Luke's Medical Center – Quezon City is a hospital in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.It is a part of St. Luke's Medical Center group of hospitals. Founded in 1903, it is the third oldest American and Protestant hospital in the Philippines (first Protestant Episcopalian hospital in the country) after CPU–Iloilo Mission Hospital and Silliman University Medical Center.
Name of Hospital Location Diliman Doctors Hospital, Inc. 251 Commonwealth Avenue, Matandang Balara, Quezon City Providence Hospital, Inc. 1515 Quezon Avenue, West Triangle, Quezon City