The Effect of Access to Health Services, Health Financing, Health Status and Social Status on Life Expectancy and Their Impact on Economic Growth

Abstract

The goal of this research is to look at the impact of health-care access, health financing, educational status and social status on life expectancy and their impact on economic growth. This research was conducted in the territory of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia. Secondary sources from the APBN and BPS reports is used in this research and the BPS Health Report of the Republic of Indonesia, including obtaining data from access to the National BPS website. besides that, it also accesses regional economic studies from Bank Indonesia (BI). The time of the research is related to these data for the last 5 years starting from 2015 to 2019. The population in this study was 34 provinces in the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia which were analyzed using time series data over a period of 5 years. So that the total population and sample in this study were 170 samples. The results showed that health services including the ratio of hospital beds and the ratio of doctors had an effect on life expectancy. Then to the health financing variables, it was found that the deconcentrating funds, special allocation funds and the coverage of the JKN program participation all had an effect on the life expectancy rate. The education variable also shows that the average length of schooling and literacy have an effect on life expectancy. Finally, the social factor variables which include the Gini ratio index, the depth index and the severity of poverty, all three have a significant effect on life expectancy which in turn has an impact on economic growth in Indonesia with a contribution of 97.21%. Simultaneously access to health services, health financing, educational status and social status affect life expectancy This has a big and favorable effect on economic development.