| dc.description.abstract | Thailand has been implementing UHC for almost fourteen years, and on the other
hand, Indonesia entering the third year of UHC. Both of Thailand and Indonesia experienced
the financial burden in implementing UHC Policy. The problem is more on the bulk amount of
fund to cover the UHC from the annual budget which is accounted of the Annual National
Gross Domestic Products (DGP), and become the burden for the National Budget allocated
each year. Second, the quality of service is still in poor quality for Indonesian case and there
is unequal distribution of government health facilities particularly in primary health care in
Thailand. Third, the procedures of UHC for referral services is still complicated for the
patients to get advance health care. Thus, by considering the Universal Health Coverage
(UHC) Policy is an important health policy issue among ASEAN Countries, including
Indonesia and Thailand, this research seeks to provide policy model of UHC in these 3
important aspects particulary in financial model, improvement quality service and simplify
referral service of current situation. The analytical approach of this study is derived from a
qualitative research methods. In this research, the qualitative model used the interview guide
and focus discussion group to explore the information. FGD is conducted both in Indonesia
and Thailand with the certain respondents and and key informen. The research results shown
in the evaluation of UHC in both countries are still facing state financial burden for the health
care, lack of health-care service facilities particularly at primary health units and the
procedure of referral system needs to be symplified. | en_US |
