Regional disparities in hospital utilisation in Indonesia: a cross-sectional analysis data from the 2018 Indonesian Basic Health Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Policymakers must ensure that the entire population has equal access to health services, and efforts to minimise inequalities are needed. This study aimed to analyse the regional disparities in hospital utilisation in Indonesia.

Design

A cross-sectional study analysing secondary data from the 2018 Indonesian Basic Health Survey.

Setting

National-level survey data from Indonesia.

Participants

A total of 629 370 participants were included in the study.InterventionWe employed no interventionPrimary and secondary outcome measuresThe primary outcome was hospital utilisation. Aside from region, we utilise residence type, age, gender, marital status, educational level, occupation, wealth, insurance and travel time as control variables. We used

SUBMITTER: Laksono AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9815017 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature