Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial Participants’ Ability and Willingness to Pay Additional Cost in Community Health Centers in Kupang District, Indonesia
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2018-01
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Scientific Scholar
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Introduction: “Healthy” state is one’s right to live creatively and productively. When sick, patients pay fixed and additional costs. Fixed costs are borne by Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial (BPJS/Indonesian Social Security Management System). Additional costs, however, becomes the patient’s expense. Purpose: Analyzing the ability and willingness to pay (WTP) additional costs during health services at Community Health Centers in Kupang District. Method: This was a survey research with cross-sectional approach. Independent variables: (1) Ability and (2) WTP. Dependent variable: Surcharges for health services. Sampling: A purposive sampling with 218 respondents. Variables measurement used a Likert scale. Result: Patients incur fixed costs as claimed costs to BPJS, additional costs (additional expenses, costs of meals for family members, transportation, and other expenses). The higher the respondent’s income, the higher the ability to pay additional costs (? = 0.009; t = 2.631). WTPadditional expenses is influenced by stage of illness suffered by the patient. The higher the stage, the higher the WTPadditional costs (? = 0.000; t = 14.906). Conclusion: High accumulation of additional costs becomes a burden for BPJS articipants during health services at Community Health Center in Kupang district
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Ability, willingness,add cost, health
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Salesman Frans, Dewiaty Irmina Linda, Batubara Sakti Oktaria. Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial Participants’ Ability and Willingness to Pay Additional Cost in Community Health Centers in Kupang District, Indonesia. Indian Journal of Medical Sciences. 2018 JAN; 70(1): 3-7