Philippines: number of health facilities by type 2024

As of January 2024, there were over 25,800 Barangay Health Stations in the Philippines and about four thousand birthing homes. In addition, there were 1,351 hospitals, 1,689 drug testing laboratories, and 170 medical facilities for overseas workers and seafarers. Overall, there were more than 40 thousand health facilities in the country.

Number of health facilities in the Philippines as of January 2024, by type

Characteristic	Number of facilities
Barangay health station	25,815
Birthing home	3,082
General clinic laboratory	2,834
Rural health unit	2,624
Drug testing laboratory	1,689
Hospital	1,351
Infirmary	663
Dialysis clinic	662
COVID-19 testing laboratory	292
Ambulatory surgical clinic	230
Medical facility for overseas workers & seafarers	170
Ambulance service provider	91
Drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation centers	80
Provincial Department of Health Office	79
Occupational Dental Laboratory	64
Laboratory for drinking water analysis	56
City Health Office	50
Psychiatric care facility	38
Blood center	37
Social hygiene clinic	34
Medical outpatient clinic	33
Provincial Health Office	25
Municipal Health Office	22
Center for Health Development	18
Blood service facility	12
Kidney transplant facility	10
DepEd clinic	9
Animal bite treatment center	8
Central warehouse - temperature controlled	5
Special clinical laboratory	5
Laboratory for chemical analysis for dialysis	4
Diagnostic X-ray	3
Regional warehouse- combination	3
Central warehouse- combination	2
Regional warehouse- ambient	2
Regional warehouse- temperature controlled	2