UTILIZATION OF PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE SERVICES IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY IN MYSORE TALUK

THIMMAIAH N.¹, ANITHA C.V.^2
1Department Studies in Economics and Co-operation, University of Mysore, Mysore-570 005, Karnataka, India.
²Department Studies in Economics and Co-operation, University of Mysore, Mysore-570 005, Karnataka, India.

Received : 06-11-2013     Accepted : 03-12-2013     Published : 28-12-2013
Volume : 3     Issue : 1       Pages : 16 - 20
Int J Public Health Hum Rights 3.1 (2013):16-20
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.9735/2277-6052.3.1.16-20

Keywords : Distance, NBR model, Primary Health Centre, Utilisation
Conflict of Interest : None declared

Primary Health Centre (PHC) is the most vital component of Public Health Care System as it is the first place of contact between the citizens and the Public Health System. The government is trying to improve the delivery of health care services through various programmes, so as to improve the health status of people. The most important aspect of the success of health programmes is the extent of availing of public health services by the people. Thereby, it would be necessary to ascertain the factors which help in better accessibility of public health care service by people especially at PHC level, so that health for all is achieved. As the government is trying to address health issues of rural and urban areas through separate programmes, there is need to examine whether there is any difference in the accessibility of PHC services in these areas. The present paper tries to address these questions by using Correlation, Chi-square test, Multiple Regression Model, Probit and Negative Binominal Regression models. It was found that there is no significant difference in the accessibility of PHC services in rural and urban areas and distance was the factor which determines accessibility in both urban and rural areas along with other factors.

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