The Needs Fulfillment of Medical and Specialist Doctors in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Dumilah Ayuningtyas, Anwar Fachry, Sandra Barinda, Sri Windiarti, Nurul saptorini Rahmadhani, Muhammad sapoan Hadi, M Misnaniarti, Ni nyoman dwi Sutrisnawati

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Abstract

One of the challenges in improving health services in Indonesia is the uneven number and distribution of health workers in some areas, especially doctors and specialist doctors. Therefore, the aim of this study was to review the conduciveness and support of the policy environment towards meeting the needs of specialist doctors in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province, Indonesia. This study was the narrative review method. Keywords used are environmental policy, specialist doctor, and remote area. Critical appraisal was performed by utilizing the PRISMA method. This study showed that there is political support from the Central and Regional Governments. However, several aspects are still recognized negatively, aspects of national policies related to incentives and facilities. Regional Government Policies are considered not sufficiently significant to improve the availability of doctors and specialist doctors, especially in terms of the advocacy mechanisms. This matter impacts the lack of doctors and specialist doctors’ interest to be placed in remote areas. The policy environment towards meeting the needs of a specialist doctors in West Nusantara Tenggara (NTB) was enough conducive and supportive. It still needs improving coordination mechanisms among institutions and providing advocacy channels, which are crucial to support the effectiveness of meeting the needs of specialist doctors’ policies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)393–400
JournalJurnal Aisyah : Jurnal Ilmu Kesehatan
Volume6
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2021

Keywords

  • Fulfillment effort
  • Medical doctors
  • Remote areas

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