New Insights into the Provision of Health Services in Indonesia A Health Workforce Study

• Main Authors: Rokx, Claudia, Giles, John, Satriawan, Elan, Marzoeki, Puti, Harimurti, Pandu, Yavuz, Elif
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago World Bank 2010; World Bank Publications
• Edition: 1
• Series: Directions in Development
• Subjects: ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES; AGING; ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY; BURDEN OF DISEASE; CATASTROPHIC EXPENDITURES; CENTER FOR HEALTH; CERTIFICATION; CHILD CARE; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD MORTALITY RATE; CHILD MORTALITY RATES; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD SURVIVAL; CHOICE OF PROVIDER; CHOICE OF PROVIDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMMUNITY HEALTH; COMPETENCIES; DEATHS; DEMAND FOR SERVICES; DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DEVELOPMENT PLANNING; DISSEMINATION; DOCTORS; EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRANSITION; EQUITABLE ACCESS; ESSENTIAL MEDICINES; EXISTING RESOURCES; EXPENDITURES; FAMILY PLANNING; FEES FOR SERVICES; FERTILITY; FERTILITY RATES; FINANCIAL CONTROL; FINANCIAL PROTECTION; FINANCIAL RISK; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; GROSS NATIONAL INCOME; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DEMAND; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; HEALTH CARE PROVIDER; HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; HEALTH CARE PROVISION; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH CARE SERVICES; HEALTH CARE WORKERS; HEALTH CENTERS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH FINANCING; HEALTH INDICATORS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM; HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME; HEALTH INTERVENTIONS; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH OUTCOMES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH POSTS; HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; HEALTH PROGRAMS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH PROVIDERS; HEALTH REFORM; HEALTH RESEARCH; HEALTH SECTOR; HEALTH SECTOR REFORM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS; HEALTH SERVICES; Health Services Accessibility; HEALTH SPECIALIST; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STRATEGY; HEALTH SYSTEM; HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE; HEALTH WORKFORCE; HIV/AIDS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BEDS; HOSPITALS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN RESOURCES; HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT; ILLNESS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATIONS; IMPORTANT POLICY; INCENTIVE SCHEMES; INCOME; INDEXES; Indonesia; INEQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION; INEQUITIES; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT MORTALITY RATE; INFLUENZA; INJURIES; INPATIENT CARE; INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY; INSURANCE SCHEMES; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS; LABOR MARKET; LAWS; LEGAL STATUS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVE BIRTHS; LOCAL CAPACITY; LOCAL COMMUNITIES; LOCAL GOVERNMENTS; LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES; MATERIAL RESOURCES; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE; MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES; MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO; MEASLES; MEDICAL; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DOCTORS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICINES; MIDWIFE; MIDWIFERY; MIDWIVES; MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; MINISTRY OF HEALTH; MORTALITY; NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN; NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING; NURSE; NURSES; NURSING; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT SERVICES; PARAMEDICS; PATIENT; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIANS; POLICY CHANGE; POLICY MAKERS; POLICY RESEARCH; POLICY-MAKING PROCESS; POLIO; POPULATION SECTOR; POPULATION SIZE; POPULOUS COUNTRY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIVATE SECTOR; PRIVATE SERVICES; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS; PROGRESS; PROVIDER PAYMENT; PROVISION OF CARE; PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES; PROVISION OF SERVICES; PUBLIC EXPENDITURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH PERSONNEL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HOSPITALS; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC SERVICE; PUBLIC SERVICES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY OF CARE; QUALITY OF EDUCATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF SERVICES; QUALITY SERVICES; RESEARCH PROGRAM; RESPECT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL AREAS; SCHOOL QUALITY; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; SHORT SUPPLY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; supply & distribution; SUPPLY OF HEALTH CARE; TETANUS; TREATMENT SERVICES; TUBERCULOSIS; UNIVERSAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE; URBAN AREAS; USE OF HEALTH SERVICES; VACCINES; VILLAGE HEALTH WORKERS; WORK FORCE; WORKERS
• ISBN: 9780821382981; 0821382985
• DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-8298-1

Indonesia has made improving the access to health workers, especially in rural areas, and improving the quality of health provider's key priority areas of its next five-year development plan. Significant steps and policy changes were taken to improve the distribution of the health workforce, in particular the contracted doctors program and later the contracted midwives program, but few studies have been undertaken to measure the actual impact of these policies and programs. This book is part of the inputs prepared at the request of the government of Indonesia's national development agency, Bappenas, to inform the development of the next national development plan 2010-14. Other inputs include reports on health financing, fiscal space for health, health public expenditure review, and assessments of maternal health and pharmaceuticals. Study findings highlight the importance not only of improving the supply of health care, but also of improving quality, so as to improve health outcomes. Over the period studied, important gains in the determinants of health outcomes have occurred in Indonesia. At the same time, however, the study shows that Indonesia, despite the significant gains, continues to suffer from serious challenges in the number and distribution, and in particular the quality, of its health workers.