Revealing the Missing Link : Private Sector Supply-Side Readiness for Primary Maternal Health Services in Indonesia

Every six hours, the death of a woman from the complications of pregnancy serves as the most vexing reminder of Indonesia’s challenges with maternal health (MH). This is incommensurate with Indonesia’s strong economic development and stature compar...

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Main Authors: Yap, Wei Aun, Pambudi, Eko Setyo, Marzoeki, Puti, Salcedo Cain, Jewelwayne, Tandon, Ajay
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spelling okr-10986-274692021-05-25T09:01:38Z Revealing the Missing Link : Private Sector Supply-Side Readiness for Primary Maternal Health Services in Indonesia Yap, Wei Aun Pambudi, Eko Setyo Marzoeki, Puti Salcedo Cain, Jewelwayne Tandon, Ajay MATERNAL CARE HEALTH FOOD ECONOMICS FINANCE Every six hours, the death of a woman from the complications of pregnancy serves as the most vexing reminder of Indonesia’s challenges with maternal health (MH). This is incommensurate with Indonesia’s strong economic development and stature compared with regional peers, especially as MH is a marker of overall health system performance and affects economic opportunities especially for the poor. The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is high and progress on improving MH outcomes has been slow, such that the MH Millennium Development Goal (MDG) has already been missed. This policy paper analyzes new data on the ‘missing link’ of primary MH service provision, i.e., private providers, which is critical given that 54 percent of all deliveries in Indonesia occurred in the private sector, compared with 22 percent in the public sector, although overall rates of institutional deliveries remain below target. Key findings from the analysis elucidate the potential value of the private sector in expanding access to MH services covered by the financial purchasing and strategic purchasing umbrella of JKN, the effectiveness of these private MH services, and patient satisfaction. The remainder of the policy paper is structured as follows: The next section provides some background on Indonesia, including general health-related outcomes and an overview of the country’s health system and financing. Section III focuses on MH outcomes and context, including comparisons with global peers, and provides an overview of provision, utilization, and financing of MH services in the country, underscoring the importance of private providers. Section IV summarizes the distributional context and service readiness of private MH providers across the 64 high-priority districts, including a comparison with public providers for context. Section V concludes with a summary of key findings and their policy implications. 2017-06-29T20:34:43Z 2017-06-29T20:34:43Z 2017-06-21 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/418491498057482805/Revealing-the-missing-link-private-sector-supply-side-readiness-for-primary-maternal-health-services-in-Indonesia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27469 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Health Study Economic & Sector Work East Asia and Pacific Indonesia
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topic MATERNAL CARE
HEALTH
FOOD
ECONOMICS
FINANCE
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HEALTH
FOOD
ECONOMICS
FINANCE
Yap, Wei Aun
Pambudi, Eko Setyo
Marzoeki, Puti
Salcedo Cain, Jewelwayne
Tandon, Ajay
Revealing the Missing Link : Private Sector Supply-Side Readiness for Primary Maternal Health Services in Indonesia
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Indonesia
description Every six hours, the death of a woman from the complications of pregnancy serves as the most vexing reminder of Indonesia’s challenges with maternal health (MH). This is incommensurate with Indonesia’s strong economic development and stature compared with regional peers, especially as MH is a marker of overall health system performance and affects economic opportunities especially for the poor. The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is high and progress on improving MH outcomes has been slow, such that the MH Millennium Development Goal (MDG) has already been missed. This policy paper analyzes new data on the ‘missing link’ of primary MH service provision, i.e., private providers, which is critical given that 54 percent of all deliveries in Indonesia occurred in the private sector, compared with 22 percent in the public sector, although overall rates of institutional deliveries remain below target. Key findings from the analysis elucidate the potential value of the private sector in expanding access to MH services covered by the financial purchasing and strategic purchasing umbrella of JKN, the effectiveness of these private MH services, and patient satisfaction. The remainder of the policy paper is structured as follows: The next section provides some background on Indonesia, including general health-related outcomes and an overview of the country’s health system and financing. Section III focuses on MH outcomes and context, including comparisons with global peers, and provides an overview of provision, utilization, and financing of MH services in the country, underscoring the importance of private providers. Section IV summarizes the distributional context and service readiness of private MH providers across the 64 high-priority districts, including a comparison with public providers for context. Section V concludes with a summary of key findings and their policy implications.
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author Yap, Wei Aun
Pambudi, Eko Setyo
Marzoeki, Puti
Salcedo Cain, Jewelwayne
Tandon, Ajay
author_facet Yap, Wei Aun
Pambudi, Eko Setyo
Marzoeki, Puti
Salcedo Cain, Jewelwayne
Tandon, Ajay
author_sort Yap, Wei Aun
title Revealing the Missing Link : Private Sector Supply-Side Readiness for Primary Maternal Health Services in Indonesia
title_short Revealing the Missing Link : Private Sector Supply-Side Readiness for Primary Maternal Health Services in Indonesia
title_full Revealing the Missing Link : Private Sector Supply-Side Readiness for Primary Maternal Health Services in Indonesia
title_fullStr Revealing the Missing Link : Private Sector Supply-Side Readiness for Primary Maternal Health Services in Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Revealing the Missing Link : Private Sector Supply-Side Readiness for Primary Maternal Health Services in Indonesia
title_sort revealing the missing link : private sector supply-side readiness for primary maternal health services in indonesia
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/418491498057482805/Revealing-the-missing-link-private-sector-supply-side-readiness-for-primary-maternal-health-services-in-Indonesia
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