STEP into UHC - Developing the health technology assessment unit of the Philippines - STEP - as an integral ingredient of Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
| Field | Value | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | Ursu, Ioana | |
| dc.contributor.author | Narvaez, Joanna Maries | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-18 | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-07-18 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-06-01 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2123/20735 | |
| dc.description | Major policy reforms and start-ups have something in common: timing, playing a critical role in take-off. In this talk, we aim to showcase how over a decade old policy concept - cost-effectiveness - came to fruition in the form of a new Health Technology Assessment unit (STEP) within DOH Philippines. We will also discuss how we used timing, a potential public health crisis and the HTA to include, in the UHC Bill, policy reforms like price negotiation, centralised pricing agreements and prescribing control. | en_AU |
| dc.description.abstract | The concept of cost-effectiveness as main criteria for procurement of new technologies was embedded in Filipino policy back in 2003, but with no clear implementing rules. The need for an objective decision-making process was however answered with the creation of a clinical evaluation group – the DOH Formulary Committee. In addition, true to its historic heritage, Philippines kept free pricing and use of competition as main pillars for pharmaceutical policy. The result was a DOH issued list of medicines only partially covered by PhilHealth, highest prices for medicines in the region, and high out of pocket expenditure. | en_AU |
| dc.description.sponsorship | S T Lee | en_AU |
| dc.subject | health policy | en_AU |
| dc.subject | philippines | en_AU |
| dc.subject | health technology assessment | en_AU |
| dc.subject | reform | en_AU |
| dc.title | STEP into UHC - Developing the health technology assessment unit of the Philippines - STEP - as an integral ingredient of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) | en_AU |
| dc.type | Presentation | en_AU |
| dc.contributor.department | Menzies Centre for Health Policy | en_AU |
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