Department of Health Policy and Management Academia Publications

• Can large language models provide secondary reliable opinion on treatment options for dermatological diseases? 5 April, 2024
  CONCLUSION: ChatGPT provides medication recommendations as a second opinion in dermatology treatment, but its reliability and comprehensiveness need refinement for greater accuracy. In the future, integrating a medical domain-specific knowledge base for training and ongoing optimization will enhance the precision of ChatGPT's results.
  Usman Iqbal
• Diverging likelihood of colon and rectal cancer in Yogyakarta, Indonesia: A cross sectional study 28 March, 2024
  CONCLUSIONS: Yogyakarta population shows higher odds of young-onset colon cancer, especially between age 30-39 years old. Overall observation of trend shows increasing incidence in young-onset colon cancer, and non-significant decrease in rectal cancer.
  Herindita Puspitaningtyas
• The availability of essential medicines in primary health centres in Indonesia: achievements and challenges across the archipelago 14 March, 2024
  BACKGROUND: Indonesia is making significant strides toward achieving universal health coverage, which involves providing free access to essential medicines. This study examines the availability of essential medicine in primary health centres (PHCs) across Indonesia, the reasons why medicines are unavailable, and the extent to which communities have access to alternative dispensing points.
  Relmbuss Biljers Fanda
• Analyzing Primary Healthcare Governance in Indonesia: Perspectives of Community Health Workers 14 March, 2024
  Background Community-integrated health posts (Posyandu) are crucial for extending primary healthcare across diverse geographical and demographic landscapes in Indonesia. Community health workers (CHWs) currently function as the main service delivery actors for Posyandu. However, Posyandu's performance remains below the standards set by the Ministry of Health. This study examines health system determinants that explain the […]
  Mubasysyir Hasanbasri
• Lessons Learned From Telephone-Based Data Collection for Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia 1 March, 2024
  The Sleman Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) is a longitudinal survey held routinely since 2014 to collect demographic, social, and health changes in Sleman Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia, we needed to adjust our method of conducting data collection from in-person to telephone interviews. We describe the […]
  Prima Dhewi Ratrikaningtyas
• Poor personal protective equipment practices were associated with heat-related symptoms among Asian healthcare workers: a large-scale multi-national questionnaire survey 1 March, 2024
  CONCLUSIONS: The questionnaire was not reliable in assessing symptoms. HCWs should, nevertheless, still self-assess their symptoms for early detection of heat strain. To effectively attenuate heat strain, understanding HCWs' attitudes and practices towards PPE usage should guide policymakers in implementing targeted heat management strategies.
  Hsiao-Yu Yang
• Facial Mimicry and Doctor-Patient Satisfaction: The Feasibility of Artificial Empathy in a Clinical Video Data 25 January, 2024
  Good nonverbal communication between doctor and patient is essential for achieving a successful and therapeutic doctor-patient relationship. Increasing evidence has shown that nonverbal communication mimicry, particularly facial mimicry, where one mirrors another's facial expressions, is linked to empathy and emotion recognition. Empathy is also the key driver of patient satisfaction. This study explores how facial […]
  Annisa Ristya Rahmanti
• Enabling cross-country learning and exchange to support universal health coverage implementation 22 January, 2024
  As countries transition from external assistance while pursuing ambitious plans to achieve universal health coverage (UHC), there is increasing need to facilitate knowledge sharing and learning among them. Country-led and country-owned knowledge management is foundational to sustainable, more equitable external assistance for health and is a useful complement to more conventional capacity-building modalities provided under […]
  Lauren Oliveira Hashiguchi
• The economic consequences of obstetric fistula: A systematic search and narrative review 20 January, 2024
  CONCLUSION: Economic consequences of obstetric fistula are multifaceted, pervasive, and are intertwined with the physical and psychosocial consequences of the condition. Understanding these consequences can help tailor existing fistula programs to better address the impacts of the condition. Further research to address the dearth of literature describing the macroeconomic impact of obstetric fistula will be […]
  Kimiya Bari
• Spatial model of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) risk: scoping review 7 December, 2023
  CONCLUSIONS: DHF risk spatial models are useful tools for detecting high-risk locations and driving proactive public health initiatives. Relying on geographical and environmental elements, these models ignored the impact of human behaviour and social dynamics. To improve the prediction accuracy, there is a need for a more comprehensive approach to understand DHF transmission dynamics.
  Ririn Pakaya
• Utility of surveillance data for planning for dengue elimination in Yogyakarta, Indonesia: a scenario-tree modelling approach 21 November, 2023
  CONCLUSION: This study suggests that with a combination of hospital-based surveillance and enhanced clinic-based surveillance for dengue, an acceptable level of confidence (80% probability) in the elimination of locally acquired dengue can be reached within 2 years. Increasing the surveillance system sensitivity could shorten the time to first ascertainment of elimination of dengue and increase […]
  Melanie Bannister-Tyrrell
• Strengthening evidence to inform health systems: opportunities for the WHO and partners to accelerate progress on non-communicable diseases 20 November, 2023
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  Adnan A Hyder
• Health financing policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for universal health care: a case study of 15 countries 16 November, 2023
  BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic was a health emergency requiring rapid fiscal resource mobilisation to support national responses. The use of effective health financing mechanisms and policies, or lack thereof, affected the impact of the pandemic on the population, particularly vulnerable groups and individuals. We provide an overview and illustrative examples of health financing policies adopted […]
  Chuan De Foo
• Using the Simulated Patient Method to Evaluate the Community Pharmacy Management of Childhood Diarrhoea: A Systematic Review 6 November, 2023
  The simulated patient method has been widely used to assess community pharmacy practice in the management of childhood diarrhoea. In such a process, a community pharmacist is required to explore a patient's history, choose the right medication and provide drug-related information. The aim of this review was to evaluate the aforementioned practice. A comprehensive literature […]
  Hananditia Rachma Pramestutie
• Health-related Quality of Life of Patients With Diabetes Mellitus Measured With the Bahasa Indonesia Version of EQ-5D in Primary Care Settings in Indonesia 13 October, 2023
  CONCLUSIONS: Patients with diabetes had poorer EQ-5D-5L utility values than the general population. DM patients experienced pain/discomfort and anxiety. There was a substantial positive relationship between education level and HRQoL.
  Muhammad Husen Prabowo
• Acceptability and feasibility of tuberculosis-diabetes mellitus screening implementation in private primary care clinics in Yogyakarta, Indonesia: a qualitative study 3 October, 2023
  CONCLUSIONS: The implementation of TB screening in DM patients in private primary care clinics had the potential to be acceptable and feasible. To achieve a successful implementation, consideration should be given to supporting factors, hindering factors, and strategies to improve TB screening in DM patients.
  Denny Anggoro Prakoso
• Wealth-based inequality in the continuum of maternal health service utilisation in 16 sub-Saharan African countries 2 October, 2023
  CONCLUSIONS: Addressing the coverage gap in maternal continuum of care in SSA using multidimensional and people-centred approaches remains a key strategy needed to realise the SDG3. The pro-rich wealth-based inequalities observed show that bespoke pro-poor or population-wide approaches are needed.
  Anteneh Asefa
• Predicting the dengue cluster outbreak dynamics in Yogyakarta, Indonesia: a modelling study 24 August, 2023
  BACKGROUND: Human mobility and climate conditions are recognised key drivers of dengue transmission, but their combined and individual role in the local spatiotemporal clustering of dengue cases is not well understood. This study investigated the effects of human mobility and weather conditions on dengue risk in an urban area in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
  Aditya Lia Ramadona
• Evidence-Based Policy Recommendations for Public Health Emergency Operation Centers in Regional Settings: A Case Study in Indonesia 21 August, 2023
  Background: Public health emergencies require integration between multiple stakeholders in different sectors to monitor the situation and carry out an appropriate response. As a country with a large land area consisting of thousands of islands, Indonesia's centralized Public Health Emergency Operation Center (PHEOC) system is currently unable to effectively contain diseases. A PHEOC system reform […]
  Muhammad Hardhantyo
• Family Involvement to Stop the Conversion of Prediabetes to Diabetes 15 August, 2023
  Prediabetes is a condition associated with an increased risk of developing diabetes, in which blood glucose levels are high but not high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. The rapid increase in the prevalence of prediabetes is a major global health challenge. The incidence of prediabetes has increased to pandemic levels and can lead to […]
  Denny Anggoro Prakoso