Catastrophic Illnesses Incurring High Costs for BPJS Kesehatan in 2019
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The Indonesian Healthcare and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) recorded eight catastrophic illnesses with significant coverage in 2019. These illnesses include heart disease (13 million cases), cancer (2.5 million cases), and stroke (2.3 million cases).
Other illnesses include kidney failure (1.8 million cases), thalassemia (224,900 cases), and hemophilia (71,000 cases). Leukemia and cirrhosis of the liver were also included in the list of catastrophic illnesses, with 134,300 and 183,500 cases respectively. For information, catastrophic illnesses are those requiring high treatment costs and have life-threatening complications.
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