How does economy affects health in the philippines?
You could say that there is a correlation between economy and health by categorizing two things: Direct and indirect effect. Directly, when economy is bad, there will be less flow money. Which means people will have less money due to less jobs and slowing businesses. Things such as health care becomes secondary issue when people are desperate for money to get by next day, not planning for next 10 years. They want to find a reliable source for steady income more than finding a hospital to spend the money that they don’t have. Also, most importantly, standard of living will drop, which means health for overall nation may drop as well. Indirectly, you can say that there will be less money spent by the government or local agencies to improve the living for its citizens. Also, infrastructures and capital investment will be slower, which will ultimately effect the health.
