The impact of public health insurance on healthcare utilisation in Indonesia: evidence from panel data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study is the first rigorous evaluation of the impact of Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN) on improving access to outpatient and inpatient care, utilising longitudinal data from the Indonesian Family Life Survey.

Methods

Two treatment groups were identified: a contributory group (N = 982), who paid the premium voluntarily, and a subsidised group (N = 2503), paid by government. Each group was compared with the uninsured group (N = 8576). Propensity score matching combined with difference-in-difference approaches was used to estimate the causal effect of the JKN programme.

Results

The results found that JKN increased the probability of inpatient admission for the contributory and subsidised groups by 8.2% (95% CI 5.9-10.5%) and 1.8% (95% CI 0.7-2.82%), res

SUBMITTER: Erlangga D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6517357 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature