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Also known as Pusat kesehatan masyarakat

thumb|Puskesmas logo, introduced in 2014 thumb|Puskesmas Watas Warga Curup Selatan, Rejang Lebong Regency|Rejang Lebong, [[Bengkulu.]] thumb|Dentistry service in Puskesmas Susunan Baru, [[Bandar Lampung, Lampung]] The ' (), abbreviated as ', are government-mandated community health clinics located across Indonesia. They are overseen by the Indonesian Ministry of Health and provide healthcare for the population on sub-district level. The concept was designed by Johannes Leimena, the third Indonesian Minister of Health, and was realized by G. A. Siwabessy in New Order era. Community and preventi

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thumb|Puskesmas logo, introduced in 2014 thumb|Puskesmas Watas Warga Curup Selatan, Rejang Lebong Regency|Rejang Lebong, [[Bengkulu.]] thumb|Dentistry service in Puskesmas Susunan Baru, [[Bandar Lampung, Lampung]] The ' (), abbreviated as ', are government-mandated community health clinics located across Indonesia. They are overseen by the Indonesian Ministry of Health and provide healthcare for the population on sub-district level. The concept was designed by Johannes Leimena, the third Indonesian Minister of Health, and was realized by G. A. Siwabessy in New Order era. Community and preventive health programs formed another component of Indonesia's health system. There are 10,180 Puskesmas facilities around the country according to the Ministry of Health report in 2023; all are regarded as "first-level health facilities" by the national healthcare provider BPJS Kesehatan.

Community health services in Indonesia were organized in a three-tier system with Puskesmas at the top. Usually staffed by a physician, these centres provided maternal and child health care, general outpatient curative and preventive health care services, pre- and postnatal care, immunization, and communicable disease control programs. Specialised clinic services were periodically available at some of the larger clinics.

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