The Policy Strategy for the Acceleration of Population Data Integration and Its Utilization in Indonesia: A Study on the Health Sector Financing

Abstract

Indonesia is now attempting to implement an integrated Population Identification Number (NIK) through electronic National Identity Card (e-ID Card), namely the digital form of personal identity population through electronic identification (e-ID) created in 1970. As for Indonesia, in 2009 it has launched KTP-e (e-ID Card) program as national identity cards by making 7 Districts/Cities as pilot projects. The new policy that sets the population administration shall affect the implementation of its public services. In fact, since 2014 the entire public services of population administration, including the issuance of demographic document of e-ID Cards, are given to the implementing agencies at the district/city. This changes the model and pattern of public services not only in population administration sector but also in other sectors requiring demographic data as the basis of service delivery. One of the sectors seeking to utilize NIK as a single data is national health sector financing i.e. Social Security Agency for Healthcare (Healthcare BPJS). This paper presents the policy strategy for the acceleration of population data integration and its utilization in Indonesia. We focused on the health sector financing. We conducted in seven regions as the pilot project, namely Bandung District, Cirebon City, Jembrana District, Denpasar City, Makassar City, Pangkajene District, and Pare-Pare City, selected based on the range of backgrounds and situations of implementation, expected to reflect the condition in Indonesia. We used qualitative research methodology with action research based on Soft Systems Methodology.