Hospital Accessibility in Indonesia

Abstract

The government’s task is to ensure easy access for the public to the health facilities needed. The study aimedat analyzing ecologically the factors related to the accessibility of hospitals in Indonesia. The ecologicalanalysis conducted using secondary data from the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia reportin 2018. The study takes all provincesas samples. Apart from households easily accessible to the hospital,five other variables analyzed as independent variables were total population, population density, povertydepth index, poverty severity, and population percentage completing primary education. Data were analyzedusing a scatter plot. The study results found that the higher the total population in a province, the higher thepercentage of households easily accessible to the hospital in that province.Thehigher the population densityin an area, the higher the percentage of households access to the hospital in that area.On the other hand,the higher the poverty depth index in a region, the lower the percentage of households easily accessibleto the hospital in that province. Moreover, the higher the poverty severity index in a region, the lower thepercentage of households easily accessible to the hospital in that region. Finally, the higher the percentage ofthe population completing primary education in a province, the higher the percentage of households easilyaccessible to the hospital in that province. It concluded that five independent variables were analyzed relatedto the accessibility of hospitals in Indonesia.