The evolution of income-related inequalities in healthcare utilisation in Indonesia, 1993-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

While the major policy changes in the Indonesian healthcare system over the last 25 years have been well documented, less is known about the accompanying changes in inequalities in healthcare utilisation during this period. Our study aimed to describe the trends in income-related inequalities in healthcare utilisation in Indonesia during the period 1993-2014.

Methods

A repeated cross-sectional study was conducted using data from the Indonesian Family Life Surveys from 1993, 2000, 2007, and 2014. We measured outpatient and inpatient healthcare utilisation in public and private provider as well as the overall utilisation. Standardised prevalence rate and relative index of inequality (RII) were used to measure the extent of inequalities in healthcare utilisation by in

SUBMITTER: Mulyanto J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6592526 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature