Skripsi
Rural to urban transition: a case of health worker migration dynamics post-covid-19 in Jakarta / Indah Choirun Nissa
Abstrak
Health workers from rural areas were eager to migrate to Jakarta for better employment. After the Covid-19 outbreak many hospitals in Jakarta needed additional staff to handle the increased demand for health services. With the call for volunteers health workers from rural areas recognized an opportunity to contribute their skills as well as improve employment opportunities. This article aims to explore the challenges and the implications that they encountered in their former regions. By employing a qualitative method using in-depth interviews with four former volunteers at Jakarta Islamic Hospital Sukapura the authors discovered that the Covid-19 pandemic significantly impacted the movement of health workers from rural areas to Jakarta. The data were analyzed using Miles and Huberman rsquo s techniques involving systematic processes of data reduction and conclusion drawing to generate grounded theories. Results from the analysis of this migration process include underpayment delayed salaries and a lack of career prospects in their previous regions. This condition is also stated in the recent health law regulations as outlined in Law Number 17 of 2023 specifically in Articles 235 and 229 with the aim of enhancing health system equality across Indonesia.