Compared to a decade ago, now many cancer treatments show satisfactory results. Patient's life expectancy increases, and even the amount recovered is greatly increased. However, new therapeutic treatment of cancer requires a very expensive cost. In fact, most people in Indonesia do not have health insurance.
If seen the cost per person, it would be very expensive, but the incidence of cancer is not very high, about 10 people per 100,000 population. If the cost of treatment was carried noisy by the entire population through the social security of b
If seen the cost per person, it would be very expensive, but the incidence of cancer is not very high, about 10 people per 100,000 population. If the cost of treatment was carried noisy by the entire population through the social security of b
"Like its name a pun, meaning cancer dry bags, suffering from cancer can make people rich despite being poor," says Prof. Hasbullah Thabrany, Professor of School of Public Health University of Indonesia (FKM-UI), which became a moderator in the discussion Cancer Management and Financing in Indonesia, held by the FKM-UI and Roche in Jakarta (11/05/2011).
The Government currently is preparing the National Social Security System (Social Security System) which includes health insurance for the entire population. But according to Hasbullah, there are those that assess cancer do not need to be guaranteed by health insurance because it is expensive. In fact, with the implementation of health insurance for all people, the cost burden of cancer treatment can actually be suppressed.
"Currently, treatment options not only based on scientific research but also to be seen side of the economy and valuenya. Allocation of costs must be an efficient and balanced with the expected results. Moreover, cancer drugs do not give the same results on all cancer patients,"
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