Creating the right to access to
quality health care for the
poor: A case study at a
restructured hospital with
no-class wards policy in Indonesia
Presented by:
Dr.sc.hum. Budi Aji, SKM, M.Sc.
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This research was supported by
the World Health Organization
(WHO) Geneva
Gender, Equity and Human Rights
under Grant HQGER1408785
Year 2015
School of Public Health Faculty of Health Sciences
Jenderal Soedirman University
World Health Organization Gender, Equity and Human
Overview
• Background
• Purpose of the study
• Research methods
• Results and discussion
3rd class ward “free“: for poor people
VIP class “private“ : in the capital city
Background
Health services gap
Background
Challange toward increasing access to quality hospital care for the poor
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Policy innovation to create hospital
without class ward is implemented at
Wates Hospital in the District of
Kulonprogo-Yogyakarta
• Admission rate among the poor increased from 39.60%
in 2011 to 43.42% in 2012 and 56.35% in 2013
• Significant for future model/design for hospital system
Study objectives
• To gain a better understanding of the
experience of the poor and non-poor patients after the implementation of no-class wards policy.
• To gain a better understanding of hospital
behavior towards the treatment patients under no-class wards policy.
• To determine the possible impact of no-ward class policy on the poor and non-poor patients with respect to the government and hospital commitments to enhance nondiscrimination in provision and quality of care.
• To formulate recommendations for the improvement of the policy.
Theoretical framework
Research methods Restructu red hospital with no-class wards policy Addressin g the full scope of impactsEvaluation of impact that is guided by human rights considerations Internal hospital management Adopting 6 areas of
interest of the accessibility to quality healthcare: - Non-discriminatio n - Physical accessibility - Economic accessibility - Information accessibility - Prompt attention - Adequate treatment Healthcare
Study design, sites & informants
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• Research design: qualitative study • Study sited: District of Kulonprogo,
Yogyakarta, Indonesia, especially at Wates Hospital
• The data collections in 3 phases:
– First: in-depth interviews with 19 patients or
their family members (carers)
– Second: in-depth interviews with 3 stakeholders
– Third: FGD with hospital professionals
Data management & analysis
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Qualitative study:
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In-depth & FGDs
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Data analysis: thematic framework
analysis
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Sorting and coding: Qualitative software
MAXQDA 11
Ethical considerations
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Ethical issues: informed consent,
confidentiality of information,
voluntary participation and response
to health emergencies while carrying
out interviews
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Full ethical review: ethical
committee, local government
approval
Study results & discussion
Conclusion
No-class ward policy at Wates Hospital had
effectively reduced the experiences of
patients on discriminatory treatment as well as improved quality of services.
The policy had an impact on increasing
hospital utilization significantly among both the poor and non-poor patients that support the success of the UHC program
The policy had also improved the assurance
of quality of services through building a
trustful relationship; patient empowerment and right; and developing clinical pathways.
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Policy replication becomes an important
issue to scale up the policy to other
hospitals in the different regions in
Indonesia.
Future research needs to expand on our
work to compare the implementation of
no-class wards policy in other hospitals in
different regions in Indonesia considering
different local context.