Recent changes in human resources for health and health facilities at the district level in Indonesia: evidence from 3 districts in Java

Table 1 Healthcare staff in three districts of West Java Province by staff category and provider type, 2006 and 2008 (see Note 1 below)

Employment status	General doctor			Nurse	Midwife		All providers		Percent
	2006	2008	2006	2008	2006	2008	2006	2008	2006	2008
Ciamis District
Permanent public servant (PNS)	50	55	430	657	320	438	800	1150	57	74
Various forms of contract to public sector (see Note 2)	8	17	371	195	119	93	498	305	35	20
Private practice full-time	38	35	34	25	33	39	105	99	7	6
Total	96	107	835	877	472	570	1403	1554	100	100
Garut District
Permanent public servant (PNS)	59	66	573	758	277	397	909	1221	57	63
Various forms of contract to public sector (see Note 2)	33	27	411	429	173	176	617	632	39	33
Private practice full-time	53	68	0	0	18	23	71	91	4	5
Total	145	161	984	1187	468	596	1597	1944	100	100
Sukabumi District
Permanent public servant (PNS)	52	84	218	430	246	303	516	817	43	59
Various forms of contract to public sector (see Note 2)	55	21	350	221	123	170	528	412	44	30
Private practice full-time	99	99	20	21	37	33	156	153	13	11
Total	206	204	588	672	406	506	1200	1382	100	100
Three districts
Permanent public servant (PNS)	161	205	1221	1845	843	1138	2225	3188	53	65
Various forms of contract to public sector (see Note 2)	96	65	1132	845	415	439	1643	1349	39	28
Private practice full-time	190	202	54	46	88	95	332	343	8	7
Total	447	472	2407	2736	1346	1672	4200	4880	100	100
2008 minus 2006		25		329		326		680

Note 1: data for 2006 from Reference 1, Table 13a; data for 2008 from re-census in June 2009.
Note 2: 'Various forms of contract' includes central, district and facility contracts (PTT, kontrak), volunteers (sukwan) and daily hires (bidan harian lepas).

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