No. of interviewees | 27 |
Males | 17 |
Females | 10 |
Highest educational attainment | |
MD plus Master’s degree | 17 |
MD | 5 |
Law degree | 3 |
Master’s degree | 1 |
Bachelor’s degree | 1 |
Average duration of service in the public sector (years) | 23.6 |
Average duration of the interviews (min) | 64 |
Category of current roles | |
Career health officers (provincial, municipal and city health officers) | 10 |
DOH directors (national and regional directors) | 6 |
Local politicians | 6 |
Executive of PhilHealth | 1 |
“Doctor to the Barrio” (i.e. DOH-hired physician deployed to serve under a local government) | 1 |
Medical school administrator | 1 |
Government hospital administrator | 1 |
Head of an NGO | 1 |
Organisational affiliation at the time of interview | |
Local governments | 15 |
DOH | 6 |
NGOs | 2 |
PhilHealth | 1 |
Government hospital | 1 |
Philippine Congress | 1 |
Academe | 1 |
Level of decision-making at the time of interview | |
National level | 7 |
Regional level | 3 |
Provincial level | 4 |
City level | 3 |
Municipal level | 9 |
Not applicable | 1 |
Geographic focus of role at the time of interview | |
Nationwide | 6 |
Luzon | 13 |
Visayas | 1 |
Mindanao | 7 |