UNAIR NEWS – The Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) plans to abolish the class division implemented all this time. The abolition will be started in July in 18 government-owned hospitals.
Will the class abolition policy optimize the BPJS Kesehatan services as the government attempts to facilitate public healthcare? UNAIR economist Dr. Rossanto Dwi Handoyo SE MSi PhD shared his thought.
According to Rossanto, the class division aligns with the 2004 National Security System Law no. 40 concerning standard class provisions. Unfortunately, some issues were found in its practices.
“For instance, if the third-class is full, the second-class has some vacant quota, [the patient] will be treated in the second-class. This condition will definitely cause problems,” said the Faculty of Economics and Business lecturer.
Equality principle
As all know, BPJS Kesehatan will change the first-class, second-class, and third-class to standard class. Rossanto said the standard class does not necessarily provide minimum facilities. Instead, it is the standard service that the hospital must provide to patients as beneficiaries of BPJS.
“By equal standardization, we hope all parties can provide optimal services, particularly from the hospital, without being discriminated based on the class itself,” explained the lecturer at the Department of Economics.
The classes abolition policy will give the patients equality. Hospitals were expected to provide better BPJS services as the new standard is more flexible.
“For example, BPJS participants get a standard class with a minimum area of 7.2 square meters of beds. For non-PBI patients (non-aided citizens), it is 10 square meters,” he added.
The optimization, Rossanto said, can be implemented in every aspect of the hospital, such as the distance between the beds, the availability of a small bed table, the room temperature is 20-25 degrees, the availability of air ventilation, lighting, and the room is separated by gender, age, and type of diseases.
“All in all, everything must be part of the hospital SOP in providing services to BPJS patients,” he said.
Author: Sandi Prabowo
Editor : Binti Q Masruroh
