The flagship project of the PHSD is the Philippine Primary Care Studies (PPCS) with three sites: UP Health Service, the Rural Health Unit (RHU) in Samal, Bataan, and the Rural Health Unit (RHU) in Bulusan, Sorsogon.

The PPCS is a series of quasi-experimental pilot studies in representative settings in the Philippines: corporate, rural, and geographically isolated disadvantaged areas (GIDAs). 

PHSD will also conduct studies, surveys, and data mining on health systems enhancements and outcome measures such as patient satisfaction, knowledge and quality of primary care, financial risk protection, and administrative efficiency.

The PPCS evaluates the shift toward comprehensive universal social health insurance-funded primary care system across eight main outcome areas:

• • Utilization of benefits;
  • Patient satisfaction;
  • Health care provider satisfaction;
  • Health care worker knowledge;
  • Quality of care;
  • Health outcomes;
  • Financial risk protection; and
  • Administration and governance.

The studies also focus on six workstreams in strengthening primary care:

• • Workforce development;
  • Public–private partnerships;
  • Financing;
  • Community engagement;
  • Health information systems; and
  • Monitoring and evaluation.

View the Term Reports from 2018 to 2022 for a list of PHSD programs and activities, which include meetings, webinars, and/or publications (forthcoming or already published).