Universitas Islam Indonesia Reports Findings in Health Economics (Impact evaluation of subsidized health insurance programs on utilization of healthcare facilities: evidence from Indonesia): Economics – Health Economics

2022 JAN 27 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- New research on Economics - Health Economics is the subject of a report. According to news originating from Yogyakarta, Indonesia, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Despite subsidized health insurance has long been proclaimed by many countries including Indonesia, the variety of evaluation results showing that the optimization of benefits obtained by recipients is still questionable. The objective of this study is to analyze the impact of subsidized health insurance programs (ASKESKIN and JAMKESMAS) on the utilization of healthcare facilities in Indonesia.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Universitas Islam Indonesia, “Data from two waves longitudinal data, the Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS), were analyzed using the propensity score matching method. This study found that in general, ASKESKIN and JAMKESMAS had very small impacts on the utility of healthcare facilities measured by outpatient and inpatient visits by program’s beneficiaries. It implies that being subsidized health insurance holders does not necessarily encourage them to visit formal healthcare facilities. In addition, the comparison of average treatment effect on the treated (ATT) between ASKESKIN and JAMKESMAS also did not show any significant improvement even though the program had tried to be improved.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “The results of this study provide the basis for advising policy makers that there needs to revisit the effectiveness of subsidized health insurance program implementation.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Impact evaluation of subsidized health insurance programs on utilization of healthcare facilities: evidence from Indonesia. International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2022. International Journal of Health Economics and Management can be contacted at: Springer, One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, Ny, United States.

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Riska Dwi Astuti, Economics Department, Faculty of Business and Economics, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

The publisher’s contact information for the International Journal of Health Economics and Management is: Springer, One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, Ny, United States.

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