Interrogating Indonesia’s Medical Monology: a Comparative Legal Analysis With Malaysia, Singapore, and the Netherlands
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The medical profession plays a strategic role in fulfilling the right to health as a fundamental human right. One of the emerging reform ideas in Indonesia is the implementation of a monoloiality policy for physician practice, requiring physicians to practice only at one health facility. This study aims to analyze the nature and urgency of this policy in Indonesia, compare similar practices in Malaysia, Singapore, and the Netherlands, and formulate an ideal legal policy for Indonesia. This study uses a normative method with conceptual, legislative, comparative legal, and historical approaches. Data were obtained through document studies and analyzed qualitatively, descriptively, and prescriptively. The results show that the monoloiality policy in the comparison countries has succeeded in improving the distribution of medical personnel, professionalizing services, and strengthening the healthcare industry. In Indonesia, monoloiality is considered important for encouraging improved service quality, strengthening foreign exchange through medical tourism, and improving physician welfare. In conclusion, Indonesia should implement this policy gradually, starting with international-standard hospitals, while still paying attention to the distribution of doctors in remote areas. This study recommends that the monoloiality policy be accommodated in the revision of national health regulations and used as a basis for transforming the medical service system based on professionalism and equity.
Institution: Hasanuddin University
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4416935489