The Role Of Health Insurance, Poverty, And Economic Growth In Advancing Human Development: Evidence From Sumatra

Introduction/Main Objectives: Improving the quality of human development is the main goal that every country, including Indonesia, wants to achieve. Background Problems: This research discusses the influence of health insurance, poverty, and economic growth on advancing human development goals 10 provinces in Sumatra from 2019 to 2023. Novelty: Due to limited empirical studies that discussing about the ownership of health insurance on the achievement of human development index. Research Methods: Using multiple linear regression panel data with the Fixed Effect Model (FEM) as the best model representation. Finding/Results: Research results show that ownership of health insurance and economic growth have a significant positive effect on HDI, while poverty has a significant negative effect on HDI. Conclusion: So access to ownership of health insurance must be increased further in order to increase the achievement of the human development index, especially in Sumatra.