Healthcare Access and Socioeconomic Characteristics among Respondents in the Bontonompo Community Health Center Service area
Keywords:
Healthcare access, socioeconomic characteristics, community health centerAbstract
Background: Access to primary healthcare involves the ability to reach and obtain services. Local information on access conditions and community characteristics is needed to inform service planning. This study aimed to describe self-reported healthcare access and the socioeconomic and sociocultural characteristics of respondents in the Bontonompo Community Health Center service area.
Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional online survey included 65 voluntary respondents. A researcher-developed Google Forms questionnaire was distributed directly to community members. Responses were recorded from 10 to 18 January 2026. The instrument had not undergone formal validity or reliability testing. Frequencies and percentages were calculated using the number of nonmissing responses for each item. No inferential analyses were performed.
Results: Of 65 respondents, 48 (73.8%) were female and 59 (90.8%) reported health insurance coverage. Monthly household income below IDR 1,000,000 was reported by 36 of 64 respondents (56.3%). A distance of 1–3 km was reported by 31 of 63 respondents (49.2%), while 39 of 65 (60.0%) reported travel times below 15 minutes. Motorcycles were reported by 61 of 65 respondents (93.8%). Services were rated fairly easy to obtain by 28 of 64 respondents (43.8%); 29 of 65 (44.6%) were fairly satisfied. Twenty of 65 respondents (30.8%) reported no visit during the preceding six months. Twenty-six of 64 (40.6%) reported never attending health education at the health center.
Conclusion: Insurance coverage, motorcycle transport, and short travel times were common among respondents, while reported health education exposure and recent service use varied. These distributions can inform further local assessment of information and transport needs. The voluntary sample and unvalidated self-report instrument limit generalizability; the study does not establish statistical associations or causal relationships.
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