Economic status of community interest in membership of bpjs health in Duampanua district, Pinrang regency

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Starting from 2017 until 2019, the number of patient visiting public health centers Lampa is always more than the number of patient visits BPJS, it indicates that the public interest in District Duampanua, Pinrang Regency on BPJS Health membership is still lacking. AIM: This study aimed to determine the effect of economic status on community interest in BPJS health membership. METOHDS: This study used a quantitative research with cross-sectional study approach. The location of this research was in the District Duampanua, Pinrang Regency. The population in this study is the community in Duampanua District Pinrang Regency with 51.593 people. The sampling technique in this study used a purposive sampling technique with 100 sample size. Data analysis performed was univariate and bivariate with Chi-square test. RESULTS: The results showed that there are influence of economic status variables (p = 0.016) to community interest in BPJS Health membership in Duampanua District, Pinrang Regency. The conclusion of this study is that there is an influence of economic status on community interest in BPJS Health membership because the higher the economic status of the community, the higher their interest in BPJS Health membership. CONCLUSION: It is expected that stakeholders in each village in the Duampanua District can find out the income of the community by conducting data collection evenly as proof of their worthiness of being members of JKN-KIS participants.