Socioeconomic Disparities in Hospital Utilization among Elderly People in Indonesia

The pattern of diseases in the elderly people usually is degenerative diseases which often catastrophic and high cost. Unfortunately, a large financial intervention is often having the wrong target, precisely because of the more utilized by high socio-economic groups. This article is devoted to an analysis of hospital utilization disparity based on the socioeconomic status on the elderly in Indonesia. The data processed from the 2013 Indonesian Basic Health Survey (Riskesdas) with a sample size of 199, 653 elderlies. Estimation by using multinomial logistic regression test used to explore the disparity between socioeconomic characteristics of the elderly in hospital utilization. Quintile 1 likelihood 0.355 times utilizing hospital outpatient than quintile 5 (OR 95% CI; 0.355 0.302–0.418). Quintile 1 likelihood 0.414 times utilizing hospital inpatient than quintile 5 (OR 95% CI; 0.414 0.366–0.468). Quintile 1 likelihood 0.247 times utilizing outpatient inpatient at once than quintile 5 (OR 95% CI; 0.247 0.184–0.332). The better the socioeconomic status is getting better the hospital utilization of the elderly.