FACTORS AFFECTING OF DELAYING PAYMENT OF NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE (BPJS KESEHATAN) PREMIUM AMONG PARTICIPANTS OF THE INFORMAL SECTOR IN BANYUMAS REGENCY
Arih Diyaning Intiasari1, Budi Aji1, Siti Masfiah1, Laksono Trisnantoro2, Julita Hendrartini2
1Public Health Program, Faculty of Health, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman
2Public Health Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada
Abstract
The participants expansion of BPJS Kesehatan, especially for participants of the informal sector (PBPU) are faced with several problems, one of the problem was late payments of contribution payments per month by participants who have already registered. Data from BPJS Kesehatan Purwokerto showed if approximately 57.84% of the participants had experienced late payments in contribution in 2015. The purpose of this study was to find out the factors which have effect of late payments in paying the contribution of BPJS Kesehatan to the participants PBPU in Banyumas. This study was a quantitative research by case control approach. Based on the result of multivariate analysis of twelve independent variables were only four variables that had effect of late payments in paying the contributions of BPJS Kesehatan with values of CI 95%, which are variable age <35 years (p- value = 0.000), the economic status (quintile 1) (p-value = 0.000), number of family members ≥ 5 person (p-value = 0.011), and the value of CI 90% are married status (p-value = 0.059). Improving socialization of regulations and consequences of late payments of BPJS Kesehatan, increasing participants awareness of the importance have healthcare insurance continuously and give priority to the basic health needs at the household expenses are efforts that could be done to reduce the number of late payments in the premium payments of BPJS Kesehatan to the participants of informal sector community
Keywords: Participants of PBPU, late payments, premium payments of BPJS Kesehatan
Topic: Health Policy, Services and Economic