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Ekawati FM, Claramita M, Hort K, et al. Patients' experience of using primary care services in the context of Indonesian universal health coverage reforms. Asia Pac Fam Med. 2017;16:4doi: 10.1186/s12930-017-0034-6.
Ekawati, F. M., Claramita, M., Hort, K., Furler, J., Licqurish, S., & Gunn, J. (2017). Patients' experience of using primary care services in the context of Indonesian universal health coverage reforms. Asia Pacific family medicine, 164. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12930-017-0034-6
Ekawati, Fitriana Murriya, et al. "Patients' experience of using primary care services in the context of Indonesian universal health coverage reforms." Asia Pacific family medicine vol. 16 (2017): 4. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12930-017-0034-6
Ekawati FM, Claramita M, Hort K, Furler J, Licqurish S, Gunn J. Patients' experience of using primary care services in the context of Indonesian universal health coverage reforms. Asia Pac Fam Med. 2017 Mar 21;16:4. doi: 10.1186/s12930-017-0034-6. eCollection 2017. PMID: 28344507; PMCID: PMC5360086.
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Asia Pac Fam Med. 2017 Mar 21;16:4. doi: 10.1186/s12930-017-0034-6. eCollection 2017.

Patients' experience of using primary care services in the context of Indonesian universal health coverage reforms.

Asia Pacific family medicine

Fitriana Murriya Ekawati, Mora Claramita, Krishna Hort, John Furler, Sharon Licqurish, Jane Gunn

Affiliations

  1. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
  2. Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
  3. Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
  4. Nossal Institute of Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.

PMID: 28344507 PMCID: PMC5360086 DOI: 10.1186/s12930-017-0034-6

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation on universal coverage has been implemented in Indonesia as

AIM: This research aimed to explore patients' views on the implementation of JKN and factors that influence a person's decision to enroll in the JKN scheme.

METHODS: This study was informed by interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) methodology to understand patients' views. The interview participants were purposively recruited using maximum variation criteria. The data were gathered using in-depth interviews and was conducted in Yogyakarta from October to December 2014. The interviews were transcribed, translated and analyzed using IPA analysis.

RESULT: Twenty three participants were interviewed from eight primary care clinics. Three superordinate themes: access, trust, and separation anxiety were identified which impacted on the uptake of JKN. Participants acknowledged that whilst primary care clinics were conveniently located, access was often complicated by long waiting times and short opening hours. Participants also expressed lower levels of trust with primary care doctors compared to hospital and specialist care. They also reported a sense of anxiety that the current JKN regulation might limit their ability to access the hospital service guaranteed in the past.

DISCUSSION: This study identified patients' views that could challenge the implementation of the gate-keeper role of primary care in Indonesia. While the patients valued the availability of medical care close to home, their lack of trust in primary care doctors and fear that they might lost the hospital care in the future appears to have impacted on the uptake of JKN. Unless targeted efforts are made to address these views through sustained public education and further capacity building in primary care, it is unlikely that the full potential of the JKN scheme in primary care will be realized.

Keywords: Access; General practice; Indonesia; Patients’ experience; Phenomenology; Primary health care

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