Uses of Funds for Health

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
Personal / Public / Others / TOTAL / Personal / Public / Others
20041/ / 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
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