Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/127937 
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Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
PIDS Discussion Paper Series No. 2006-22
Publisher: 
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), Makati City
Abstract: 
The study proposes an alternative means to the present manner of identifying eligible Philhealth beneficiaries through the use of three criteria, namely: income, ownership of assets and socioeconomic characteristics, and electricity consumption. The information/data gathered in evaluating the criteria are sourced with the use of the community-based monitoring system (CBMS) approach. Given that many of the poor households may not have verifiable records/documents regarding the first criterion--income--the study recommends the adoption of a two-stage screening method using the other two criteria. Households are first classified on the basis of socioeconomic variables that are predictors of income-based poverty status. This is followed by a second stage screening based on electricity consumption for those who passed the first screening. The proposed methodology addresses the problem of undercoverage/exclusion of possible eligible beneficiaries from the program that is evident in the present manner of identifying beneficiaries.
Subjects: 
community-based monitoring system
PhilHealth indigent program
income-based poverty
assets ownership
electricity consumption
targeting of beneficiaries
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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