An Evaluation of Health Policy Implementation for Hajj Pilgrims in Indonesia
Rustika Rustika, Ratih Oemiati, Al Asyary, Tety Rachmawati
Abstract
BACKGROUND: For last decades, the mortality rate of hajj pilgrims from Indonesia was between 2.1 and 3.2 per 1000 hajj pilgrims. At the same time, morbidity affected 87% of the elderly (>65 years old), of which 83% faced high risk of health problems. This is a complex problem affecting hajj health care in Indonesia. The study was aimed to understand what extent of the hajj implementation on health care in Indonesia. METHODS: This review was conducted by abstracting of three studies in Indonesian hajj health care. Two of the studies were based on cross-sectional reviews, while one was a case-control study. The majority of the studies performed laboratory tests to evaluate the disease conditions among hajj pilgrims through secondary data. RESULTS: . This notion was enforced in the third study. CONCLUSION: , which can be done by district health centers.