Tingkat Keadilan Spasial dalam Fasilitas Kesehatan untuk Penanganan Covid-19 Di Provinsi Jawa Tengah

Abstract

Equity is an aspect that must be considered so that the impacts and objectives of development can provide benefits to the entire community. Equity cannot be separated from the spatial context, especially if it refers to the distribution, especially main public facilities that are widely used by the community, such as education and health facilities. Failure to create equity in the distribution of public facilities can create spatial disparities, an issue that if allowed to occur can lead to inequality of welfare and unsustainability. This problem has been increasingly exposed since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, which spreads disproportionately and the greatest impact is suffered by people with social economic disadvantage and other vulnerable populations. The case of COVID-19 in Central Java Province is one of the worst in Indonesia and its distribution tends to be uneven which can be caused by the occurrence of spatial disparities in health facility services. This study identifies the level of spatial equity obtained from public perception which is then analyzed by scoring method using a Likert scale. Of the 4 indicators used to measure spatial equality, the indicator of ease of access to health facilities gets the highest score, followed by health facilities adequacy, quality of service, and the lowest is procedural/administrative ease. The results also show that the level of spatial equity in city tends to be higher than in regency.