ANALYZE SELECTED ISSUE IN HEALTHCARE POLICY

ANALYZE SELECTED ISSUE IN HEALTHCARE POLICY.

Overuse and Underuse of Medical Services. Overuse of unneeded services can harm patients physically and psychologically , and can harm health systems by wasting resources and deflecting investments in both public health and social spending, which is known to contribute to health . Healthcare in the Philippines suffers from a shortage of human medical resources , especially doctors. This makes the system run slower and less efficiently. ... The Doctors to the Barrios included Public-Private Partnerships in a plan to modernize the government-owned hospitals and provide more up to date medical supplies.

lack of access to affordable health care , not enough doctors or other medical resources to meet the demand, doctors who need more training in new techniques and recommendations and general failure by physicians to deliver the appropriate recommended care. For example, the number of patients with covid19 is increasing every day. Our public hospitals are not enough to care covid19 patients. Lack of medical equipment like ppe and so many doctors do not have enough knowledge about covid19 disease..

Describe issues related to poverty and different perspectives about why it occurs.

Over a third of the rural inhabitants in the Philippines are impoverished . Indigenous people residing in these areas experience higher rates of illiteracy, unemployment and poverty. A lack of access to productive capital and limited market access has created slow economic growth and underemployment..

Their lack of control, access over natural resources and non recognition and respect of their rights over their territories affect their daily lives , cause extreme poverty and impact on their survival as a distinct community . being stripped of their lands, their traditional livelihoods, and cultures , and having been placed on less valuable lands as reserves, as well as serious lack of educational opportunities..