Diabetes Increasingly Burdens Public Health
It is estimated that the burden of the BPJS Kesehatan in treating diabetes will continue to swell until 2045. The costs could end up between Rp 10.22 trillion and Rp 23.59 trillion if no new policy approaches are taken.
A number of residents queued for access to services at the Sidoarjo Branch of the Health BPJS office, Tuesday (28/3/2023).
JAKARTA, KOMPAS – The Kompas data journalism team estimates that the burden of treating diabetes will continue to increase. It also projects that the number of National Health Insurance (JKN) participants will increase by 3.2 million people, from 6.9 million participants in 2022 to 10.2 million participants in 2045.
The average handling fee per participant over the past five years (2018-2022) is Rp 912,538, which will increase to Rp 2,309,599 based on the average inflation rate of 4.12 percent per year in the last decade. This means that the total fee for 10.2 million people in 2045 could reach Rp 23.59 trillion, a drastic increase compared to the current total of Rp 6.3 trillion.