Study Findings on Health and Medicine Reported by Researchers at University Gadjah Mada (National health insurance contribution to family planning program funding in Indonesia: A fund flow analysis [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not …): Health and Medicine

2024 APR 29 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Business Daily -- New study results on agriculture have been published. According to news originating from the University Gadjah Mada by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Launched in 2014, Indonesia’s national health insurance system (JKN) aimed to provide universal health coverage, including contraceptive services, to its population.”

Funders for this research include Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from University Gadjah Mada: “We aim to evaluate the contribution of JKN to the overall spending for the family planning program in Indonesia. Data from the Indonesian Demographic Health Survey, Survey on Financial Flows for Family Planning, Indonesia Motion Tracker Matrix, World Population Prospect, and Indonesian ministries’ budget accountability reports were entered into the CastCost Contraceptive Projection Tool to define budgetary allocation and spending for the family planning program at the national level in 2019. Indonesia’s family planning program in 2019 was financed mostly by the national budget (64.0%) and out-of-pocket payments (34.6%). There were three main ministries responsible for family planning financing: the National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN) (35.8%), the Ministry of Finance (26.2%), and the Ministry of Health (2.0%). Overall, JKN contributed less than 0.4% of the funding for family planning services in Indonesia in 2019. The majority of family planning spending was by public facilities (57.3%) as opposed to private facilities (28.6%).”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “JKN’s contribution to funding Indonesia’s family planning programs in 2019 was low and highlights a huge opportunity to expand these contributions. A coordinated effort should be conducted to identify possible opportunities to realign BKKBN and JKN roles in the family planning programs and lift barriers to accessing family planning services in public and private facilities. This includes a concerted effort to improve integration of private family planning providers into the JKN program.”

For more information on this research see: National health insurance contribution to family planning program funding in Indonesia: A fund flow analysis [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved]. Gates Open Research, 2024,7. (Gates Open Research - https://gatesopenresearch.org/). The publisher for Gates Open Research is F1000 Research Ltd.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.14642.2.

Our news editors report that more information may be obtained by contacting Yufan Putri Astrini, Center for Reproductive Health, University Gadjah Mada, Sleman, Special Region of Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia. Additional authors for this research include Althaf Setyawan, Halimah Mardani, Nadhila Adani, Anooj Pattnaik, Nirwan Maulana, Siswanto Agus Wilopo, Trihono Trihono, Edward Sutanto, Amirah Ellyza Wahdi.

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