MANILA — Hospital activities registered the highest number of establishments and recorded the largest share in total employment among the human health and social work activities sector, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported over the weekend.
The preliminary results of the 2016 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) showed that a total of 1,068 establishments – with total employment of 20 and over – were engaged in human health and social work activities.
Among industry groups, hospital activities posted the highest number of establishments, with 696 establishments, or 65.2 percent of the total.
Medical and dental practice activities came in next with 262 establishments or 24.5 percent; while other social work activities without accommodation ranked third with 49 establishments or 4.6 percent.
At the regional level, National Capital Region (NCR) accounted for the most number of establishments for the sector with 317 or 29.7 percent of the total.
CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) and Central Luzon placed far second and third with 170 establishments (16 percent) and 98 establishments (9.2 percent), respectively.
Hospital activities recorded the largest share in total employment with 120,409, or 85.9 percent out of the total of 140,252 workers.
This was followed by medical and dental practice activities providing jobs to 12,677 workers, and other social work activities without accommodation with 4,453 workers.
At the regional level, NCR emerged as the top employer which generated jobs to 45,012 workers or 32.1 percent, followed by CALABARZON with 22,028 workers, and Central Luzon with 11,196 workers.
The human health and social work activities sector paid a total compensation of PHP31.5 billion in 2016, indicating an average annual compensation of PHP225,710 per employee.
Establishments engaged in hospital activities spent the highest compensation of PHP26.9 billion, or 85.3 percent of the total.
Medical and dental practice activities followed with PHP2.8 billion, and other social work activities without accommodation with PHP1.2 billion. (Leslie Gatpolintan/PNA)
