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Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial Kesehatan (BPJS Kesehatan, lit. 'Social Security Agency on Health') is a social security agency of Indonesia aimed at providing universal health care to its citizens. [1] BPJS Kesehatan is one of two social security agencies in the country alongside BPJS Ketenagakerjaan [id].
In 2014, Indonesia introduced its universal healthcare program, the Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN), which is provided by BPJS Kesehatan (Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial Kesehatan, Health Social Security Agency). [3] It is currently covering over 200 million people. Around 20 million people in Indonesia is covered by private health insurance. [1]
Puskesmas Watas Warga Curup Selatan, Rejang Lebong, Bengkulu. The Pusat Kesehatan Masyarakat (lit. ' Community Health Center '), abbreviated as Puskesmas, are government-mandated community health clinics located across Indonesia. They are overseen by the Indonesian Ministry of Health and provide healthcare for the population on sub-district level.
Healthcare provision in Indonesia has traditionally been fragmented, with private insurance being provided for those who can afford it alongside basic public coverage for the most impoverished in society and NGOs working in specialised areas providing services to those not covered by public or private schemes.
Screening (medicine) A coal miner completes a screening survey for coalworker's pneumoconiosis. Screening, in medicine, is a strategy used to look for as-yet-unrecognised conditions or risk markers. [1][2][3] This testing can be applied to individuals or to a whole population without symptoms or signs of the disease being screened.