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Revised PhilHealth Case Rates for Hospitalization for Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Philippines

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Felix Eduardo R. Punzalan, MD, MSc,1,2 | Noemi S. Pestaño, MD,1 | April Ann A. Bermudez-delos  Santos, MD,1 | Bernadette A. Tumanan-Mendoza, MD, MSc, MHE,1,3 | Victor L. Mendoza, MD,  MSc,4,5 | Eric Oliver D. Sison, MD,1,2 | Karen Amoloza-De Leon, MD,1 | Eugenio B. Reyes, MD,1,2 |  Nashiba M. Daud, MD,6 | Maria Grethel C. Dimalala-Lardizabal, MD,1 | Orlando R. Bugarin, MD,7 | Rodney M. Jimenez, MD,8 | Domicias L. Albacite, MD,9,10 | Ma. Belen A. Balagapo, MD,11,12 |  Elfred M. Batalla, MD,13,14 | Jonathan James G. Bernardo, MD,15,16 | Helen Ong Garcia, MD,17 |  Amibahar J. Karim, MD,18,19 | Gloria R. Lahoz, MD,20,21 | Neil Wayne C. Salces, MD22 

 

1 Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Manila Doctors Hospital, Manila, Philippines 

2 Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of the Philippines College  of Medicine, Manila Philippines 

3 Department of Clinical Epidemiology, University of the Philippines College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines  

4 Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute,  Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines 

5 Department of Physiology, De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute, Dasmariñas, Cavite,  Philippines 

6 Department of Medicine, Amaipakpak Medical Center, Marawi City, Philippines 

7 Immediate Past President, Philippine Heart Association 

8 Incumbent Treasurer, Board of Director, Director assigned for Research, Philippine Heart Association 

9 Angeles University Foundation Medical Center, Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines 

10 Department of Internal Medicine, The Medical City Clark, Mabalacat, Pampanga, Philippines 

11 Department of Medicine, Divine Word Hospital, Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines 

12 Department of Internal Medicine, Remedios Trinidad Romualdez Hospital, Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines 

13 Department of Internal Medicine, Davao Doctors Hospital, Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines 

14 Department of Internal Medicine, Southern Philippines Medical Center, Davao City, Davao del Sur,  Philippines 

15 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, St Luke’s Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines 

16 Department of Medicine, Ospital ng Makati, Makati City, Philippines 

17 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, St Luke's Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines 

18 Internal Medicine Department, Zamboanga Peninsula Medical Center, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines 

19 Internal Medicine Department, Hospital De Zamboanga, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines 

20 Internal Medicine Department, Metro Vigan Hospital, Ilocos Sur, Philippines 

21 Internal Medicine Department, Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center, Ilocos Norte,  Philippines 

22 Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chong Hua Hospital, Cebu City, Philippines

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