The Healthy Hearts program to improve primary care for hypertension in seven rural health units of Iloilo Province, Philippines: a comparative cost study
The findings from this study indicate two key opportunities for cost savings in HTN management in the Philippines' rural health units system: 1) enhancing the control of HTN, thereby reducing the need for follow-up visits and cutting down on provider time costs, and 2) utilizing pooled medication procurement mechanisms such as through the Philippine Pharma Procurement Inc. Provider time costs can also be partially reduced through outsourcing the dispensing of medications to private pharmacies, although doing so is currently associated with higher medication costs, further underscoring the utility of pooled procurement mechanisms for essential hypertension medicines.
Authors
- Haidee A. Valverde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3329-831X)
- Muhammad Jami Husain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6049-0505)
- D Mugrditchian
- Andrew Edward Moran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3554-0085)
- Bishal Belbase (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0165-8309)
- Deliana Kostova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2414-0166)
- Hilton Y. Lam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4042-5997)
- Soumava Basu
- Rauell John Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6371-6937)
- Tyrone Aquino
- Dofel Joseph Calla
Institutions
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- World Health Organization - Philippines (PH)
- University of the Philippines Manila (PH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Primary Care
- Published
- 2025-03-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-025-02758-5
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.21
Funders
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation