Indonesia - Giving More Weight to Health : Assessing Fiscal Space for Health in Indonesia

This report analyzes fiscal space issues related to government health spending in Indonesia. Fiscal space refers to the ability of a government to increase expenditures for a desired purpose. In all likelihood, and for a variety of reasons, Indones...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Health Study
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE FISCAL SPACE GOVERNMENT HEALTH SPENDING HEALTH FOREIGN AID HEALTH RESOURCES HEALTH SERVICES DEMANDS MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333038_20090320021954 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3028

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spelling	okr-10986-30282021-04-23T14:02:06Z Indonesia - Giving More Weight to Health : Assessing Fiscal Space for Health in Indonesia World Bank ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE FISCAL SPACE GOVERNMENT HEALTH SPENDING HEALTH FOREIGN AID HEALTH RESOURCES HEALTH SERVICES DEMANDS MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS This report analyzes fiscal space issues related to government health spending in Indonesia. Fiscal space refers to the ability of a government to increase expenditures for a desired purpose. In all likelihood, and for a variety of reasons, Indonesia will need to boost health spending in the near future as it expands access to care through the expansion of Jamkesmas, the health insurance scheme for the poor and near poor. In addition, projections based on demographic and epidemiological changes in the country indicate there is likely to be a significant increase in the demand and need for health services and more sophisticated care. Despite a tripling of the public budget for health over the past five years, this increased need, combined with the fact that Indonesia remains a comparatively low spender on health, indicates that there will continue to be upward pressure on resources for the health sector in the near future. A number of different drivers of fiscal space for health in Indonesia are discussed in this paper. These include: (i) conducive macroeconomic conditions; (ii) reprioritization of health within the overall government budget; (iii) increasing health-specific foreign aid and grants; (iv) an increase in other health-specific resources; for example, through earmarked taxation or the introduction of premiums for mandatory health insurance; and (v) an increase in the efficiency of government health outlays. In addition to laying out the possibilities for Indonesia with regard to each of these options, relevant international experiences are also highlighted. 2012-03-19T17:22:38Z 2012-03-19T17:22:38Z 2009-01-30 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333038_20090320021954 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3028 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank Economic & Sector Work :: Other Health Study East Asia and Pacific Southeast Asia Asia Indonesia
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topic	ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE FISCAL SPACE GOVERNMENT HEALTH SPENDING HEALTH FOREIGN AID HEALTH RESOURCES HEALTH SERVICES DEMANDS MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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description	This report analyzes fiscal space issues related to government health spending in Indonesia. Fiscal space refers to the ability of a government to increase expenditures for a desired purpose. In all likelihood, and for a variety of reasons, Indonesia will need to boost health spending in the near future as it expands access to care through the expansion of Jamkesmas, the health insurance scheme for the poor and near poor. In addition, projections based on demographic and epidemiological changes in the country indicate there is likely to be a significant increase in the demand and need for health services and more sophisticated care. Despite a tripling of the public budget for health over the past five years, this increased need, combined with the fact that Indonesia remains a comparatively low spender on health, indicates that there will continue to be upward pressure on resources for the health sector in the near future. A number of different drivers of fiscal space for health in Indonesia are discussed in this paper. These include: (i) conducive macroeconomic conditions; (ii) reprioritization of health within the overall government budget; (iii) increasing health-specific foreign aid and grants; (iv) an increase in other health-specific resources; for example, through earmarked taxation or the introduction of premiums for mandatory health insurance; and (v) an increase in the efficiency of government health outlays. In addition to laying out the possibilities for Indonesia with regard to each of these options, relevant international experiences are also highlighted.
format	Economic & Sector Work :: Other Health Study
author	World Bank
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title	Indonesia - Giving More Weight to Health : Assessing Fiscal Space for Health in Indonesia
title_short	Indonesia - Giving More Weight to Health : Assessing Fiscal Space for Health in Indonesia
title_full	Indonesia - Giving More Weight to Health : Assessing Fiscal Space for Health in Indonesia
title_fullStr	Indonesia - Giving More Weight to Health : Assessing Fiscal Space for Health in Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed	Indonesia - Giving More Weight to Health : Assessing Fiscal Space for Health in Indonesia
title_sort	indonesia - giving more weight to health : assessing fiscal space for health in indonesia
publisher	World Bank
publishDate	2012
url	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333038_20090320021954 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3028
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Indonesia - Giving More Weight to Health : Assessing Fiscal Space for Health in Indonesia

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