Abstract
Background: The use of traditional medicine has increased significantly over the past few years. The main reasons for the increasing use of traditional medicine is a growing trend for patients to take a more proactive approach to their own health and to seek out different forms of self-care. This study aimed to identify the dominant risk factors that related to use of traditional health care in the era health insurance in Indonesia
 Methods: The study used household data from 2018 National Health Survey Indonesia. Using cox regression, we then could present dominant risk factors that related to use of traditional health care among Indonesian in the era health insurance.
 Results: Total subjects had been analyzed were 764,996 subjects. The proportion of those who used of traditional health care were 31.4% (337,471/764,996). Dominant risk factors related to used of traditional health care were gender, age group, employment status, knowing about the availability of health care, and Affordability of transportation costs to health care. Compared with those who were male, those were female had 1.09 more likely to used of traditional health care [odds ratio adjusted (ORa)=1.09; 95% CI= 1.04 to 1.14]. Household who had low education level had 1.10 more likely to used of traditional health care (ORa=1.10; 95% CI=1.03 to 1.18). Household who were privat employees had 1.33 more likely to used of traditional health care (ORa=1.33; 95% CI=1.25 to 1.41). Household who had high economic level had 1.31 more likely to used of traditional health care (ORa=1,31; 95% CI=1,23 to 1,41). Furthermore, household who knowed about the availability of health care had 1.44 more likely to used of traditional health care (ORa=1,44; 95% CI=1,29 to 1,60).
 Conclusion: Household subjects who were female, aged 46-65 years old, self-employed workers, aware of the availability of health services, affordable for transportation costs to health facilities were more likely to use traditional health care.
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