THE IMPACT OF UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE ON HEALTHCARE UTILISATION: THE CASE OF INDONESIA

Abstract

Since 2014, Indonesia’s implemented Universal Health Coverage (UHC) scheme known as the “Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN)” which is designed to support its entire population by the end of 2019. If successful, the JKN will be the biggest single-payer system in the world. This study evaluates the JKN impact on the probability and the frequency of health care utilization for outpatient and inpatient care using Susenas Data. Furthermore, it examines the heterogeneity of the JKN effect on individuals living in an urban or rural area, different regions and levels of household expenditure, and the availability of healthcare facilities. The result shows improvement in equality of access of care outside of Java and Eastern Part of Indonesia. However, there is still an inequality impact of JKN in the socio-economic status and healthcare facilities' availability.