What We Do
Health Policy Plus is supporting the Philippine government's Department of Health to strengthen the health system by conducting the first-ever National Health Expenditure Survey, a nationally representative panel survey of households and medical providers. The survey collects information on individual healthcare use, spending, and financing, and verifies the findings with information collected from medical providers. These findings will help to generate evidence for increased, sustainable, predictable, and adequate financing for key health programs and to support the government in improving social health protection policy implementation. Survey results will also provide critical information on the impacts of various health sector reforms and enable monitoring of indicators related to achievement of universal health coverage. Specifically, Health Policy Plus is:
- Providing technical support to complete the first round of implementation of the National Health Expenditure Survey
- Providing additional technical support to the Department of Health to secure the necessary in-country ethical clearance for the survey; finalize the survey protocol and questionnaire; conduct sampling; and manage a third-party contract for data collection and processing
- Designing and supporting survey data analysis
- Supporting the Department of Health to finalize analytical reports and technical briefs related to the survey and to conduct dissemination and policy engagement activities
