Formulasi rancangan kebijakan ketenagaan dokter umum di Kabupaten Blitar

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2012

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Pusat Kebijakan dan Manajemen Kesehatan, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, ID

Abstract

Background: The medical doctor ratio in the Regency of Blitar is far below the normative ratio (1: 2,500). From the number of physicians working in health institutions, it is clear that not only the present ratio (1: 12,125) but the distribution in every district is also uneven. Based on these two findings, this research aims to formulate a manpower policy draft for medical doctors in Blitar Regency. With reference to regency and national level policy, the draft will take into consideration: the community demographic characte-ristics, the number of Puskesmas visitation, the number of Puskesmas, geographic characteristics, infrastructure, health programs of Blitar Regional Health Office, the availability of medical doctors and the fiscal potency of Blitar Regency. Methods: This is a policy research consisted of several stages i.e. identifying public issues, formulating public issues, analyzing public issues, deciding criteria and alternative policies, and forecasting and determining target and priority. Conducted from February until June 2008, the research location was the Blitar Regency. Information sources are regency and national level policy documents and also policy actors (policymakers and policy-implementers). Results: The result shows four basic estimations for medical doctors’ manpower requirement which can be applied in Blitar Regency. Those are the number of population, the number of Puskesmas, the number of districts and the total visitation of each Puskesmas. It was settled and approved by all policy actors that the population number should be the basis for estimating medical doctor’s manpower requirement. Pursuant to this calculation, 454 medical doctors are projected for the year 2009, up to 470 physicians in the year 2018. Blitar Regency policy actors predict the increasing fiscal potency of the regency following the trend of the past five years. The prediction includes the increasing percentage of health budget. Derived from the Focus Group Discussion, the policy actors stated only 10 medical doctors for every two years could be provided by the Blitar regional government. Conclusion: The recommendations are: formulating medical doctor’s policy implicitly should include medical doctor’s facilitatiye character; using ideal ratio adapting to Blitar regency’s recent condition and fiscal ability; using a strategy of appointing medical doctor’s from the regency’s PTT (temporary assigned doctors) and making an incentive pattern with regard to Blitar Regency region mapping.

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POLICY MAKING, PHYSICIANS, LABOUR FORCE NEEDS, GENERAL PRACTITIONERS, HEALTH FINANCING, INDONESIA--BLITAR, HEALTH POLICY

Citation

Dwi Laksono, A., Pudjirahardjo, W.J., & Mulyono, I.M. (2012). Formulasi rancangan kebijakan ketenagaan dokter umum di Kabupaten Blitar. Jurnal Kebijakan Kesehatan Indonesia, 1(2): 84-92.

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