Evaluasi implementasi kebijakan persalinan bagi masyarakat miskin oleh bidan praktek swasta di kota Tanjungpinang

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2013

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

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Background: Economy factor is one of the factors that could hampered community’s access in the utilization of health service. To guarantee effort of poor community access toward health service, the government was conducted managed program. The limitation of working hours in primary health care was causing limited service hours. Therefore, in order to solve the problem, the government stated that private midwife practice as one of the health services could be utilized by poor community with budget that was covered by government. The government’s policy has not yet able to improve the coverage of delivery attendant by health care provider. Hence, an evaluation to find out the phenomenon occurred in the community is necessary to solve this problem in order to improve the health service in the future. Objective : This research was aimed to find out the description of delivery care for poor community by private midwife in Tanjungpinang Municipality. Method: This was a descriptive research that used qualitative approach with case study design. The research subject was civil servant midwife who had midwifery private practice, head of primary health care, head of health office, head of family health division, and mothers who delivered and had askeskin (health insurance for poor community) card. The selection for midwife and mothers who delivered was using purposive sampling technique. Furthermore, the data was collected by using primary data that was obtained from indepth interview result that used interview guidance, while the secondary data was obtained from document observation, and the data will be analysed qualitatively. Result: The policy of delivery for poor community in Tanjungpinang Municipality has not yet obtained optimal support.The limited bugdet availability affected in a way that not all of the midwives were willing to assist askeskin patient with cost claim to primary health care. Private practice midwife asked for fee from askeskin patient. There was no difference the treatment given between askeskin patient and private/ paying patient. However, askeskin patient was satisfied with the service given by private practice midwife. Conclusion: The implementation of delivery policy for poor community by private practice midwife has not yet optimal as there was a lack of support from municipality government, administratively or financially.

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PRIVATE PRACTICE, MIDWIVES, SOCIAL CONDITIONS, MEDICAL PERSONNEL, DISTRIBUTION, CHILDBIRTH, POVERTY, FEES AND CHARGES, ACCOUNTABILITY, INDONESIA

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Tambun, E., & Hasanbasri, M. (2013). Evaluasi implementasi kebijakan persalinan bagi masyarakat miskin oleh bidan praktek swasta di kota Tanjungpinang. Jurnal Kebijakan Kesehatan Indonesia, 2(2): 61-70.

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