Incidence of catastrophic health spending in Indonesia: insights from a Household Panel Study 2018-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Indonesia implemented one of the world's largest single-payer national health insurance schemes (the Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional or JKN) in 2014. This study aims to assess the incidence of catastrophic health spending (CHS) and its determinants and trends between 2018 and 2019 by which time JKN enrolment coverage exceeded 80%.

Methods

This study analysed data collected from a two-round cross-sectional household survey conducted in ten provinces of Indonesia in February-April 2018 and August-October 2019. The incidence of CHS was defined as the proportion of households with out-of-pocket (OOP) health spending exceeding 10% of household consumption expenditure. Chi-squared tests were used to compare the incidences of CHS across subgroups for each household characteri

SUBMITTER: Fattah RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10483778 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature