Hospital utilization in Indonesia in 2018: do urban-rural disparities exist?

• Main Authors: Ratna Dwi Wulandari, -, Agung Dwi Laksono, -, Zainul Khaqiqi Nantabah, -, NIKMATUR ROHMAH, -, Zuardin Zuardin, -
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English; English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd 2022
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.unair.ac.id/125491/1/17%20Artikel_Hospital%20utilization%20in%20Indonesia%20in%202018.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/125491/2/17%20Korespondensi%20Hospital%20utilization%20in%20Indonesia%20in%202018.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/125491/3/17%20Turnitin_Hospital%20utilization%20in%20Indonesia%20in%202018_%20do%20urban-rural%20disparities%20exist_.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/125491/4/17%20Validasi%20dan%20Penilaian_17_Hospital%20utilization%20in%20Indonesia%20in%202018%20do%20urban-rural%20disparities%20exist.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/125491/; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07896-5
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Background: The government must ensure equality in health services access, minimizing existing disparities between urban and rural areas. The referral system in Indonesia is conceptually sound. However, there are still problems of uneven service access, and there is an accumulation of patients in c...