preview

Advantages And Disadvantages Of Health Care

Decent Essays

India has a mixed system of health care where most of the preventive and promotive care is provided by the government health services whereas a majority of curative care is through private medical practioners and institutions. The government health system consists of sub-centres, PHC, CHC and district hospitals which are usually distributed on a population norm throughout the country. However, the level and quality of care usually cry off as one shift from metropolitan to rural hinterlands. In India 83.3 crores population out of 121 crores population resides in the rural areas (Census, 2011) and taking health care to the remotest and far flung areas is one of the prime challenges which the Indian public Health System is facing in the present context. Availability, Accessibility and Affordability are the prime concerns within the health care arena in India. It must be essentially emphasized that in poor, backward and traditionally bound communities it is not only a question of availability of the health care facilities in a region but the accessibility of the people to the available facilities as well.
Mobile Health Unit is one such endeavor to provide health care facilities to those who generally remain secluded due to …show more content…

Public health essentially focuses on preventive health, health education, health behavior of community, organization and society at large than focusing on individuals. Alma Ata Declaration 1978 "Health For All" and Universal Health Coverage focused on making health care services available to all without any discrimination on the basis of ones sex, religion, caste, class, age and other such parameters. Provision of health care facilities and the extent of their utilization is one of the chief indices of human development .The overall picture of health care provisions and their utilization is far from satisfactory in rural

Get Access