The effect of the number of family members on contribution paying regularity independent National Health Insurance (NHI) participants post policy to increase NHI contributions in Bombana Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province

Background: The National Health Insurance (NHI) Program has been implemented since January 1, 20214, but until now there are still many problems in service management, one of which is the high number of non-compliance in paying NHI contributions by participants. The need for improvement in service management as a solution to overcome these problems.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the number of family members on the regularity of paying NHI contributions for independent participants after the policy of increasing the contribution in Bombana Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province.

Methods: This research is a type of quantitative research with a cross sectional study approach. The sample of this study was all independent NHI participants, with a sample size of 273 respondents. Research data collection was carried out using a questionnaire instrument, interviews and field observations. Data analysis was carried out univariate and bivariate. The presentation of the data is done in the form of a frequency distribution table accompanied by an explanation.

Results: The results showed that there was an effect of the number of family members on the regularity of paying contributions for SSA Independent participants after the policy of increasing NHI contributions with a value (P-Value = 0.037).

Conclusion: There is an effect of the number of family members on the regularity of paying contributions for independent SSA participants after the contribution increase policy.