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CMS defines a hospital readmission as "an admission to an acute care hospital within 30 days of discharge from the same or another acute care hospital. [1]" It uses an "all-cause" definition, meaning that the cause of the readmission does not need to be related to the cause of the initial hospitalization.
As of September 2020, the Philippines has a population of nearly 110 million and a population density of 368 per square kilometer. 32% of the population of the Philippines is under 15 years old, and only 22.2% is over 60. In the Philippines, 16.6% of the population lived below the national poverty line in 2018. [8] [9]
Although Hospital Real received funding from the Spanish Government, it lacked finances, manpower, and supplies. Administration of Hospital Real was transferred to both the Order of St. Francis and the Confraternity of La Misericordia. [8] Hospital Real was destroyed during an earthquake on June 3, 1863.
On December 17, 2016, Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Rossel-Ubial announced that in 2017 the government will start paying the hospital bills and medicines of poor Filipinos. She said that the Department of Health (DOH) is capable of taking care of the hospital bills and medicines of poor Filipinos owing to its bigger budget starting in 2017.
As per law, the government is obliged to establish Malasakit Centers in all hospitals under the Department of Health and the Philippine General Hospital. The legislation also authorizes the Philippine National Police to set up of such facilities. [3]
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The City of San Fernando Health Office awarded MTCMC as the healthiest hospital, in large category for three consecutive years. [6] [7] It has been recognized as the Center of Excellence by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation. [8] In 2012, it was granted certification by ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007. [8]
The Las Piñas General Hospital and Satellite Trauma Center (LPGHSTC) is a secondary level government hospital in the Philippines with an authorized bed capacity of five hundred (500). [1] It is located along Diego Cera Avenue, Bernabe Compound, Pulanglupa I, Las Piñas , Metro Manila .