.png "Philippines Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)")
| Data: | Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) | ||||||||
| Year: | 1960 - 2013 | ||||||||
| Country: | Philippines | ||||||||
| Source: | World Bank (the information in this section is direct quotation from World Bank development data) | ||||||||
| Series Code: | SH.MED.BEDS.ZS | ||||||||
| Topic: | Health: Health services | ||||||||
| Short Definition: | 0 | ||||||||
| Long Definition: | Hospital beds include inpatient beds available in public, private, general, and specialized hospitals and rehabilitation centers. In most cases beds for both acute and chronic care are included. | ||||||||
| Unit of Measurement: | 0 | ||||||||
| Periodicity: | Annual | ||||||||
| Base Period: | 0 | ||||||||
| Reference Period: | 0 | ||||||||
| Aggregation method: | Weighted average | ||||||||
| Limitations and exceptions: | Depending on the source and means of monitoring, data may not be exactly comparable across countries. For more information, see the original source. | ||||||||
| Notes from original source: | Depending on the source and means of monitoring, data may not be exactly comparable across countries. See listed source for country-specific details. | ||||||||
| General Comments: | 0 | ||||||||
| Original Source: | Data are from the World Health Organization, supplemented by country data. | ||||||||
| Statistical concept and methodology: | Health
systems - the combined arrangements of institutions and actions whose primary
purpose is to promote, restore, or maintain health (World Health
Organization, World Health Report 2000) - are increasingly being recognized
as key to combating disease and improving the health status of populations.
The World Bank's Healthy Development: Strategy for Health, Nutrition, and
Population Results emphasizes the need to strengthen health systems, which
are weak in many countries, in order to increase the effectiveness of
programs aimed at reducing specific diseases and further reduce morbidity and
mortality. To evaluate health systems, the World Health Organization (WHO)
has recommended that key components - such as financing, service delivery,
workforce, governance, and information - be monitored using several key
indicators. The data are a subset of the key indicators. Monitoring health
systems allows the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of different health
system models to be compared. Health system data also help identify
weaknesses and strengths and areas that need investment, such as additional
health facilities, better health information systems, or better trained human
resources. Availability and use of health services, such as hospital beds per 1,000 people, reflect both demand- and supply-side factors. In the absence of a consistent definition this is a crude indicator of the extent of physical, financial, and other barriers to health care. |
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| Development relevance: | 0 | ||||||||
