Rate of nursing staff per bed have been about 0.3 - 0.4 for nursing facilities of provinces and cities and about 0.2 - 0.3 for that of sectors. 70% of nursing facilities are good in housing condition, equipment and environment. After 5-year renewal, it was achieved some encouraged results: rate of staffs per bed is 0.7 - 0.8; rate of professional staffs is 65%. The number of staffs who were trained for rehabilitation is rising. The strategy for establishing the network from 2001 to 2010 recommended 100% of provinces/cities would have nursing-rehabilitation hospital; each administrative sectors should establish average two to three nursing-rehabilitation hospitals; each corporations would have one or two nursing-rehabilitation hospitals.
Rehabilitation Nursing ; Urban Renewal

The functions, duties and organizational structure of hospital for nursing and rehabilitation were regulated in the decision No 963/1999/QD-BYT by Minister of Health. The functions- duties include the consultation, treatment, nursing and rehabilitation, profession leading, scientific research, international cooperation and economic management. The organizational structure of hospital depends the state regulation. The hospital is directly managed by the provincial health services.
Nursing Service, Hospital ; Rehabilitation Nursing ; Urban Renewal

INTRODUCTION: A comparison of Nabannagan West, Lasam, Cagayan and Bantug, Roxas, Isabela was made by using the local health data on leading causes of morbidity and mortality gathered from the municipal health office and looking into the health seeking behaviours.
METHODS: Data was gathered via one-on-one interviews during the summer immersions last May 2010. Participants in the surveys were randomly selected families, with informed consent. Descriptive analysis was done.
RESULTS: There were no major differences in terms of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Major cause of morbidity was infection; lead cause of mortality was related to lifestyle. There was no major difference in health seeking behaviors of the two communities except for regularity of visiting health centers, making decisions on medical matters and threats to health. Bantug families would visit more the health centers and decide on medical matters mutually by the husband and wife; threats to health were those related to urban development.
CONCLUSION: The community health profiles of both communities were similar, reflective also of the overall rural Philippines, where much can be done in terms of primary health care.

Human ; Male ; Female ; Informed Consent ; Life Style ; Morbidity ; Philippines ; Primary Health Care ; Residence Characteristics ; Rural Population ; Surveys And Questionnaires ; Urban Renewal