NSCB - 2005 Philippine National Health Accounts

Spending for personal health care slightly increases

Personal health care, where the bulk of the health funds was spent, went up by 0.7 percentage point from 77.7 percent in 2004 to 78.4 percent in 2005. Public health care spending also increased by one percentage point in 2005. However, a decrease of one percentage point was reflected in other uses of funds, such as central administration of health activities and health insurance operations, and health-related research and training.

Bulk of government expenditure still on personal health care

Despite a 19.9 percent growth on public health spending, the bulk of government expenditure went to personal health care at 41.1 percent in 2005. The decline in expenses for personal health and other services, at 3.1 percent and 12.6 percent, respectively, contributed to the low growth of 2.2 percent in the total government expenditure.

Government Health Expenditures by Use of Funds

YEAR	AMOUNT (in billion pesos)				PERCENT SHARE
YEAR	Personal	Public	Others	TOTAL	Personal	Public	Others
2004 ^1/	22.0	16.7	12.0	50.8	43.4	32.9	23.7
2005	21.4	20.1	10.5	51.9	41.1	38.6	20.2
2004-2005 Growth Rate	(3.1)	19.9	(12.6)	2.2

1/ Revised

Source: National Statistical Coordination Board

Local government still biggest spender in public health care

The local government remained as the biggest source of public health care spending, accounting for more than three-fourths (79.9 percent) of the government's expenditure on public health care.

While public health care spending in local government amounted to P10.8 billion, the DOH and other national agencies allocated a large chunk of their budget to personal health care, amounting to P8.8 billion and P4.5 billion, respectively.

2005 Government Health Expenditures
by Use of Fund and by Type of Expenditure

SOURCE OF FUND		AMOUNT (in million pesos)				PERCENT SHARE
SOURCE OF FUND		PS	MOOE	CO	Total	PS	MOOE	CO
DOH and its Attached Agencies		6,991	6,707	67	13,764	50.8	48.7	0.5
	Personal Health Care	4,787	4,013	34	8,834	54.2	45.4	0.4
	Public Health Care	468	1,886	22	2,376	19.7	79.4	0.9
	Others	1,736	808	10	2,555	67.9	31.6	0.4
	Gen. Admin. & Operating Cost	1,625	760	10	2,395	67.8	31.7	0.4
	Research and Training	111	49	0	160	69.5	30.5	0.0
Other National Agencies		3,437	2,623	26	6,086	56.5	43.1	0.4
	Personal Health Care	2,604	1,845	22	4,471	58.2	41.3	0.5
	Public Health Care	172	167	0	339	50.6	49.3	0.1
	Others	661	612	4	1,276	51.8	47.9	0.3
	Gen. Admin. & Operating Cost	612	589	3	1,204	50.8	49.0	0.2
	Research and Training	49	22	0	71	68.8	31.0	0.2
Local Government		16,028	6,748	495	23,271	68.9	29.0	2.1
	Personal Health Care	3,994	1,870	145	6,008	66.5	31.1	2.4
	Public Health Care	7,457	3,093	269	10,819	68.9	28.6	2.5
	Others	4,577	1,785	81	6,443	71.0	27.7	1.3
	Gen. Admin. & Operating Cost	4,577	1,785	81	6,443	71.0	27.7	1.3
	Research and Training	0	0	0	0