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- 1. By Dr. Alberto Romualdez Dean, Graduate School of Health Sciences Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila
- 4. Status of Health Equity in the Philippines Indicator High Income / urban areas Low Income / Rural areas Life Expectancy at Birth >80 <60 Infant Mortality Rate <10 >90 Maternal Mortality Ratio <15 >150
- 11. Average 4-week Medicine Expenditures within Household Expenditure Quintiles Source: WHO, World Health Survey, 2002 $88 $153 Result: Poor families cannot afford to pay for medicines
- 17. Only those with money (i.e., the rich) can fully pay for out of pocket payments and often they have generous health insurance The near-poor and the lower middle classes can become impoverished to meet out of pocket payments for health care. The very poor don’t even have pockets