Indonesia’s healthcare landscape: embracing innovation in the new health regime

Abstract

The comment highlights the intricate health issues in Indonesia, emphasizing urban-rural gaps, healthcare financing challenges, and the government’s dedication to Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The country’s geographical layout amplifies the struggle of providing healthcare to rural areas, resulting in substantial health concerns like high tuberculosis rates and financial vulnerability for the impoverished. The concern raised underscores the paradox of low state healthcare spending despite high household expenditures, leading to individual payment reliance and underutilization of insurance. The analysis advocates a comprehensive healthcare approach, emphasizing prevention and curative actions. It also stresses the importance of decentralizing decision-making power to local governments for optimizing healthcare funds. The comment concludes by emphasizing the need for innovative solutions in Indonesia’s healthcare landscape. It envisions a future where transformative approaches reshape the system, ensuring better health outcomes. Innovation, especially in medical technology, digital health, and healthcare delivery models, is identified as a central theme. The recommendation underscores the importance of creative solutions to address healthcare service limitations and advocates for leveraging advancements in preventive measures, education, and tackling lifestyle issues. The overall aim is to navigate Indonesia through its current healthcare challenges towards a more sustainable and effective system for the benefit of its population.

Keywords:

• Indonesia
• healthcare landscape
• innovation
• health financing
• Universal Health Coverage

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This paper was not funded.

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The author has no relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This includes employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, or royalties.

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Acknowledgments

The author would like to thank the Universitas Muhammadiyah Kalimantan Timur for providing a conducive environment for research and for fostering a culture of academic excellence.