The Effect of Health Insurance Membership on Self-Medicine: An Analysis using Indonesian Family Life Survey 5
Abstract
Background: The prevalence of selfmedication in Indonesia is still quite large. The result of a survey conducted by the National SocioEconomic Survey (Susenas) showed that the percentage of the population who had selfmedicated health complaints was 61.05%. The negative impact of selfmedication is the side effects of drugs, the resistance to antibiotics, and the wrong choice of drugs. This study aimed to analyze the correlation between insurance ownership and selfmedication using IFLS data analysis.
Subjects and Method: This was a crosssectional study. This study involved 31,411 sample obtained from IFLS 5 data. The dependent variable was selfmedication. The independent variables were age, sex, residence, marital status, and insurance ownership. The data were analyzed by multiple logistic regression.
Results: The individuals who had insurance increased the initiative to seek selfmedication (OR=1.08; 95%CI=1.04 to 1.13; p<0.001). Male (OR=0.92; 95%CI=0.88 to 0.96; p<0.001), who lived in the city (OR=0.94; 95%CI=0.90 to 0.99; p=0.009), in the working reproductive age (1564 years) (OR=0.80; 95%CI=0.73 to 0.89; p<0.001), and married (OR = 0.82; 95% CI = 0.78 to 0.86; p <0.001) had a tendency not to take selfmedication.
Conclusion: Based on the result of the study, the subjects of the study who have insurance have a greater risk of selfmedication.
Keywords: Selfmedication, insurance
Correspondence: Rahmi Syuadzah. Pediatric Research Center (PRC) Department of Child Health, Dr. Moewardi Hospital, Surakarta. Jl. Kolonel Sutarto, Jebres, Surakarta, Central Java 57126. Rahmi_syuadzah@yahoo.com.
Journal of Health Policy and Management (2021), 06(01): 67-73
https://doi.org/10.26911/thejhpm.2021.06.01.07
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