Equity in Health System and Universal Coverage

Abstract

Equity is one of the most important issues in health system since healthcare is a public servicethat affects society as a whole. To ensure that equity in health system is in place, state has to allocatesome of its budget through Social Security System Program. This article was aimed at describing aconcept and a measurement of equity in health system so that the health system conld be evaluatedin terms of its equity. It was found that after 10 years of program implementation, low-incomegroups were able to access to healthcare service more easily. Moreover, the program assisted anumber of people who suffered high healthcare costs. Hence, it could be argued that the SocialSecurity System Program achieved its purpose by ensuring the equitable accessibility to necessaryhealthcare services for people.