Jurnal Kedokteran Brawijaya
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THE COMMUNITY’S STIGMA CAUSE OF DECREASE VISITING “X” HOSPITAL IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Megawati, Devvy (Unknown)
Erzi’, Alfan (Unknown)
Ratri, Devita Rahmani (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
17 Nov 2021

Abstract

“X” hospital Tulungagung is a class D with madya accredited hospital in collaboration health BPJS. "X" hospital Tulungagung has a problem of decreasing the utilization bed in the Inpatient Unit during Covid-19 pandemic. These problems lead to decline of 32.5% income. Decreasing income has an impact on cash flow, increasing operating expenses, hospitals experiencing losses, and threatening the continuity of service operations. At "X" hospital Tulungagung the research aims to identify the root of problem and find the best solution based on the problem. The research at "X" hospital Tulungagung is mixed method research. Qualitative research method uses interviews and quantitative methods uses a questionnaire in totaling 164 samples with eta correlation test method. The results of the fishbone diagram analysis obtained the root of problem, namely community's stigma about Covid-19 pandemic and rapid test at the "X" Tulungagung hospital, Tulungagung Regency's had the policy for private hospitals not take care of Covid-19 patients, Prohibition to visiting families for inpatients, expensive operational costs of Covid-19 screening, and SDI's stigma regarding to care of Covid-19 patients. The most dominant root of problem is community's stigma about Covid-19 pandemic and rapid test at the "X" Tulungagung hospital. The efforts to enhance visits at "X" Tulungagung hospital, namely eliminating the stigma of society through the creation of an educational Starter Kit about Covid-19 protocol at "X" Tulungagung hospital, which is part of hospital health promotion.

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Journal Info

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jkb

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Subject

Medicine & Pharmacology

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JKB contains articles from research that focus on basic medicine, clinical medicine, epidemiology, and preventive medicine (social medicine). ...