Does geographic spending variation exacerbate healthcare benefit inequality? A benefit incidence analysis for Indonesia.

ABSTRACT: The Indonesian government has made some ambitious steps to achieve Universal Health Coverage through the newly formed National Health Insurance [Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN)], establishing a single-payer insurance agency and prospective provider payment mechanism. This study aims to assess the benefit incidence of healthcare funding in the JKN era, and its distribution by socio-economic status considering regional variation in unit costs. We evaluate whether the benefit incidence of funding is skewed towards urban and wealthier households. We also investigate whether standard benefit incidence analysis using national unit costs underestimates regional disparities in healthcare funding. Lastly, we examine whether the design of the JKN provider payment system exacerbates regional inequal

SUBMITTER: Sambodo NP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8359753 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature