Health in Indonesia

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rdf:langString Health in Indonesia is affected by a number of factors. Indonesia has over 26,000 health care facilities; 2,000 hospitals, 9,000 community health centres and private clinics, 1,100 dentist clinics and 1,000 opticians. The country lacks doctors with only 0.4 doctors per 1,000 population. In 2018, Indonesia's healthcare spending was US$38.3 billion, 4.18% of their GDP, and is expected to rise to US$51 billion in 2020. 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). It is currently covering over 200 million people. Around 20 million people in Indonesia is covered by private health insurance. The Human Rights Measurement Initiative finds that Indonesia is fulfilling 84.1% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income. When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Indonesia achieves 93.5% of what is expected based on its current income. In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 87.1% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income. Indonesia falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 71.9% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.