Abstract / Excerpt:

The membership gap caused by the lagging enrollment rate from the informal sector of employment - relative to other programs of membership - has been of much concern to the to PhilHealth, especially when it relates to the National Health Insurance Program's (NHIP's) goal of universal coverage with which PhilHealth has been tasked to achieved. Thus, this study explains the factors affecting enrollment of to PhilHealth - Individually Paying Program (IPP) by households belonging to the three (3) lowest wealth index quintile (WIQ) in Region XII from 1998-2003. This has been done by utilizing the 2003 National Demographic and Health Survey. The study looked on significant socio-demographic, economic, health and health-related, and PhilHealth- related variables as determinants of likelihood of household's enrollment to IPP.

Result shows that, categorically, some socio-demographic, health and health-related and PhilHealth- related indicators can significantly explain households' likelihood to enroll to IPP while economic indicators came out to have an insignificant effect. Therefore, it has been recommended for policy action that the profile of eligible households and members, per se, must not be discounted in terms of the formulation of PhilHealth's strategic plan to expand enrollment to the informal sector. Recruitment or membership campaign in some first class provinces in the region has to be expansive and strengthened but the prospective enrollees from the second class province must not be ignored in designing strategies to boost enrollment to IPP.

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Source Institution	Ateneo de Davao University
Unit	Social Science
Authors	Shiela M. Bayquin
Page Count	23
Place of Publication	Davao City
Original Publication Date	December 1, 2009
Tags	DAVAO CITY, Enrollment, Households, Low-Income, Region 12, Social Science, philhealth

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