Life Expectations: Impact of Health Services Access, Educational and Social Status

Abstract

Three important factors, namely health, education, and poverty, influenced economic growth. To create a healthy and educated population, the government must be able to provide access to health services to the community in proportion to the population and learning opportunities. A healthy and educated population will be more productive so that they are free from poverty and the life expectancy index will improve. The goal of this research was to look into the impact of health-care access, health-care financing, educational attainment, and social standing on life expectancy. The research method used is quantitative research with a longitudinal study design. We got the research data from the report of the National Central Statistics Agency (NCSA) and the Ministry of National Health. We conducted the study in 34 provinces in Indonesia from 2015 to 2019Panel data regression analysis was employed in the data analysis. The study's findings revealed that health services, including the ratio of hospital beds and the ratio of doctors, influenced life expectancy. Education also shows that the average length of schooling and literacy influence life expectancy and social factors, including the Gini ratio index and the poverty depth index, have a significant effect on life expectancy. Simultaneously, access to health services, educational status, and social status affect life expectancy. The provincial government should increase the rate of public health and education and decrease the poverty rate at the same time.