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New DOH Hospital Classifications 2015: Government

The document outlines new classifications for hospitals in the Philippines according to ownership, scope of services, and functional capacity. Hospitals can be government-owned or private. General hospitals treat all illnesses while specialty hospitals focus on particular diseases or patient groups. Hospitals are also classified into three levels based on available services, personnel, and facilities. Level 1 hospitals have basic capacity, while Level 2 hospitals add medical specialties and Level 3 are teaching hospitals. Trauma hospitals are assessed separately according to trauma guidelines.

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New DOH Hospital Classifications 2015: Government

The document outlines new classifications for hospitals in the Philippines according to ownership, scope of services, and functional capacity. Hospitals can be government-owned or private. General hospitals treat all illnesses while specialty hospitals focus on particular diseases or patient groups. Hospitals are also classified into three levels based on available services, personnel, and facilities. Level 1 hospitals have basic capacity, while Level 2 hospitals add medical specialties and Level 3 are teaching hospitals. Trauma hospitals are assessed separately according to trauma guidelines.

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Sunday, April 12, 2015

New DOH Hospital Classifications 2015


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Classification of hospital shall be based on Administrative Order No. 2012–0012, dated July 18,
2012, "Rules and Regulations Governing the New Classification of Hospitals and Other Health
Facilities in the Philippines"

They shall be classified according to the following:

According to Ownership
Government
The hospital is created by law.
 A government health facility may be under the National Government, DOH, Local
Government Unit (LGU), Department of Justice (DOJ), State Universities and Colleges (SUCs),
Government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCC) and others
Private
 Owned, established, and operated with funds from donation, principal, investment, or
other means by any individual, corporation, association, or organization

According to Scope of Services


General Hospital
 A hospital that provides services for all kinds of illnesses, diseases, injuries or
deformities
 It provides medical and surgical care to the sick and injured, maternity, newborn and
child care
It shall be equipped with the service capabilities needed to support board certified/ eligible medical
specialists and other licensed physicians rendering services in, but not limited to the following:
 Clinical Services (Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and
Gynecology, Surgery)
 Emergency Services
 Outpatient Services
 Ancillary and Support Services (Clinical Laboratory, Imaging Facility, Pharmacy)

Specialty
 Specializes in a particular disease or condition or in one type of patient
A specialized hospital may be devoted to the treatment of the following:
 Treatment of a particular type of illness or for a particular condition requiring a range of
treatment
 Treatment of patients suffering from a particular diseases of a particular organ or group
of organs
 Treatment of patients belonging to a group such as children, women, elderly or others
According to functional capacity
Level 1 General Hospital
A level 1 General Hospital shall have as minimum:
1. A staff of qualified, medical, allied medical and administrative personnel headed by a physician
duly licensed by the PRC
2. Bed space for its authorized bed capacity, in accordance with DOH Guidelines in the Planning and
Design of Hospitals
3. An operating room with standard equipment and provisions for sterilization of equipment and
supplies in accordance with:
 DOH Reference Plan in the Planning and Design of an Operating Room or Theater
 DOH Guidelines on Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization of Reusable Medical
Devices in Hospital Facilities in the Philippines

4. A post-operative Recovery Room


5. Maternity Facilities consisting of Ward(s), Room(s), a Delivery Room, exclusively for maternity
patients and newborns
6. Isolation facilities with proper procedures for the care and control of infection and communicable
diseases as well as for the prevention of cross infection
7. A separate dental section/ clinic
8. Provision for blood donation
9. A DOH-licensed secondary clinical laboratory with the services of a consulting pathologist
10. A DOH licensed Level 1 imaging facility with the services of a consulting radiologist
11. A DOH licensed pharmacy

Level 2 General Hospital


As minimum, all of Level 1 capacity, including but not limited to:

1. An organized staff of qualified and competent personnel with Chief of Hospital/Medical Director
and appropriate board certified Clinical Department Heads
2. Departmentalized and equipped with the service capabilities needed to support board certified/
eligible medical specialties and other licensed physicians rendering services in the specialties of
Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Surgery, their subspecialties, and other ancillary
services
3. Provision for general ICU for critically ill patients
4. Provision for NICU
5. Provision for HRPU
6. Provision for Respiratory Therapy Services
7. A DOH licensed tertiary clinical laboratory
8. A DOH licensed level 2 imaging facility with mobile X-ray inside the institution and with
capability for contrast examinations

Level 3 General Hospital


As minimum, all of Level 2, including but not limited to:
 Teaching and/or Training Hospital with accredited residency training program for
physicians in the four major specialties namely: Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology,
and Surgery
 Provision for physical medicine and rehabilitation unit
 Provision for ambulatory surgical clinic
 Provision for dialysis facility
 Provision for blood bank
 A DOH licensed level 3 imaging facility with interventional radiology

Specialty Hospitals
As described above

Trauma Hospitals
The trauma capability of hospitals shall be assessed in accordance with the guidelines formulated by
the Philippine College of Surgeons
 Trauma Capable Facility is a DOH licensed hospital designated as a Trauma Center
 Trauma Receiving Facility is a DOH licensed hospital within the trauma service area which
receives trauma patients for transport to the point of care or a trauma center

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