• DocumentCode
    2855985
  • Title

    The status of medical technology and the healthcare system in the Philippines

  • Author

    Ledesma, Jose F G

  • Author_Institution
    St. Luke´´s Med. Center, Quezon City, Philippines
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    1998
  • Firstpage
    163
  • Lastpage
    165
  • Abstract
    Healthcare practitioners and consumers in Western countries generally assume that medical technology and practice in a poor and developing country like the Philippines are way behind when compared to those in the United States and other Western countries. That this assumption is ill-founded is apparent when one looks at the leading medical centers in that Pacific nation. More countries are discovering that the Philippines can offer world class healthcare at a fraction of the cost in the United States. Also interesting is a comparison of the healthcare systems of the US and that English-speaking archipelago of 7100 beautiful islands
  • Keywords
    government policies; health care; medical computing; Pacific nation; Philippines; Western countries; developing country; healthcare practitioners; healthcare system; medical centers; medical technology; world class healthcare; Business; Cities and towns; Costs; Educational institutions; Government; Hospitals; Insurance; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Natural languages;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Medical Technology Symposium, 1998. Proceedings. Pacific
  • Conference_Location
    Honolulu, HI
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-8667-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PACMED.1998.769896
  • Filename
    769896