Researchers at Universitas Indonesia Detail Findings in Hypertension (The implementation of community-based diabetes and hypertension management care program in Indonesia)

2020 JAN 24 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Current study results on Cardiovascular Diseases and Conditions - Hypertension have been published. According to news reporting originating in Jakarta, Indonesia, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Since 2010, Indonesian government has initiated a chronic disease management program, Prolanis (Program Pengendalian Penyakit Kronis) targeted for diabetes and hypertension. The program is continued at the commencement of universal health coverage (UHC) in 2014. ‘This study aimed to report the utilization and cost of the implementation of Prolanis in Indonesia from 2014 to 2016, or two years since the commencement of Indonesian universal health coverage.’ Secondary data analysis was performed using publicly available data and data obtained from the national health insurance agency (BPJS); while data on disease prevalence were collected from basic national health survey.”

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Universitas Indonesia, “There was an increase trend of Prolanis participants, from around 11,000 participants in 2014 to more than 250,000 in 2016. More than 70% of participants were adults living in Java, however, the acceptance rate was very low in other area. Across different activities in Prolanis, physical activity was the most participated ones. In comparison to other regions, regions in Java were the most active area. The total expenditure for Prolanis program in 2016 increased almost triple from the annual cost in 2014. However, the cost per person was actually decreased more than 50%. Within two years of UHC implementation, there were increase covered participants and total costs, but cost per individual was decreased and there was significant difference in of cost between Java and outside Java.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Further study and routine monitoring-evaluation process by health authority is needed to assess whether the cost difference would affect the service quality.”

For more information on this research see: The implementation of community-based diabetes and hypertension management care program in Indonesia. Plos One, 2020;15(1):e0227806. (Public Library of Science - www.plos.org; Plos One - www.plosone.org)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting L.C. Khoe, Community Medicine Division, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia. Additional authors for this research include G. Wangge, P. Soewondo, D.L. Tahapary and I.S Widyahening.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227806. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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