Using measures of quality of care to assess equity in health care funding for primary care: analysis of Indonesian household data

Many countries implementing pro-poor reforms to expand subsidized health care, especially for the poor, recognize that high-quality healthcare, and not just access alone, is necessary to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. As the poor are more likely to use low quality health services, measures to improve access to health care need to emphasise quality as […]

Larangan Merokok di Perkantoran, PKJS-UI Apresiasi Anies Baswedan

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Pusat Kajian Jaminan Sosial Universitas Indonesia (PKJS-UI) mengapresiasi Gubernur DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan yang menerbitkan Seruan Gubernur Nomor 8 Tahun 2021 tentang pembinaan kepada pengelola gedung tentang larangan merokok di kawasan perkantoran. Peneliti PKJS-UI, Renny Nurhasana mengharapkan seluruh ketentuan yang tertuang dalam seruan itu menjadi salah satu upaya menurunkan prevalensi perokok di Indonesia. “Terutama di masa pandemi COVID-19 ini, mengingat dari […]

Good intentions, unintended outcomes: Impact of social assistance on tobacco consumption in Indonesia

INTRODUCTION Social assistance programs create an income effect that allows low- income groups to raise their consumption to improve their well-being. However, this may unintentionally induce an increase in their consumption of temptation goods, including tobacco. By analyzing five massive social assistance programs distributed by the government since 2007, we explore whether those programs may […]

Public support for cigarette price increase in Indonesia

Indonesia, known for its high prevalence of smoking, is among the countries with the highest tobacco consumption in the world. Tobacco consumption results in 225 700 deaths annually, with 967 women dying of tobacco-related causes every week as reported in the Tobacco Atlas Sixth Edition. The report further revealed that 21.4% more Indonesian men died […]