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Authors
Affiliations
1 Doctoral Program, University of Airlangga, Surabaya, ID
2 Department of Health Policy and Administration, University of Airlangga, Surabaya, ID
3 Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, University of Airlangga, Surabaya, ID
4 Indonesian Agency for Health Research and Development, Ministry of Health, ID
Source
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, Vol 10, No 11 (2019), Pagination: 2192-2196
Abstract
The pattern of diseases in the elderly people usually is degenerative diseases which often catastrophic and high cost. Unfortunately, a large financial intervention is often having the wrong target, precisely because of the more utilized by high socio-economic groups. This article is devoted to an analysis of hospital utilization disparity based on the socioeconomic status on the elderly in Indonesia. The data processed from the 2013 Indonesian Basic Health Survey (Riskesdas) with a sample size of 199,653 elderlies. Estimation by using multinomial logistic regression test used to explore the disparity between socioeconomic characteristics of the elderly in hospital utilization. Quintile 1 likelihood 0.355 times utilizing hospital outpatient than quintile 5 (OR 95% CI; 0.355 0.302-0.418). Quintile 1 likelihood 0.414 times utilizing hospital inpatient than quintile 5 (OR 95% CI; 0.414 0.366-0.468). Quintile 1 likelihood 0.247 times utilizing outpatient inpatient at once than quintile 5 (OR 95% CI; 0.247 0.184-0.332). The better the socioeconomic status is getting better the hospital utilization of the elderly.
Keywords
Elderly, Socioeconomic Disparities, Hospital Utilization, Indonesia, Inpatient-Outpatient.
