LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 13 : 2 February 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
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         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Utilization of Secondary Health Care Services among Urban Population in Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu

R. Kumaresan and Dr. K. Ramu, Ph.D.

Abstract

Health and socio-economic developments are so closely interconnected that it is impossible to achieve one without the help of the other. The economic development in India has been gaining momentum over the last decade. Our health system is at crossroads today. Even though Government initiatives in public health have recorded some noteworthy successes over time, the Indian health system is ranked 118 among 191 WHO member countries on overall health performance. Building Health Systems that are responsive to community needs, particularly of the poor, is a must. Health sector is complex with multiple goals, multiple products and different beneficiaries. India is well placed now to develop a uniquely Indian set of health sector reforms to enable the health system to meet the increasing expectations of its users and staff. Secondary health care is a basic health service which provides an integrated promotive, preventive and curative health care to the urban and rural population. The National Health Plan (1983) proposed reorganization of secondary health centers based on one Government Hospital for every 50,000 population. In this paper, an assessment is made of the secondary health care services and the efficiency of health care services provided in urban health centers.

Introduction

India has one of the lowest health budgets in the world. It is held that even after 64 years of Independence, the health sector has not received necessary allocation of funds from the planners. According to National Health Policy (NHP), 55 per cent of the outlay would be for the primary sector and 35 per cent and 10 per cent for the secondary and tertiary sectors respectively. The NHP report indicates that the attainment of health indices has been very uneven across the rural-urban divide. The statistics brings out the wide differences between the realization of health goals in the better-performing states as compared to the low-performing states. Given a situation in which national averages in respect of most indices are themselves at unacceptably low levels, the interstate disparity implies that for vulnerable sections of society in several states, access to public health services is nominal and health standards are grossly inadequate.

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R. Kumaresan, Ph.D., Scholar
Department of Economics
Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar-608 002
Cuddalore district, Tamilnadu, India
kumaresheco@yahoo.com

Dr. K. Ramu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar-608 002
Cuddalore district, Tamilnadu, India
kramueco@yahoo.in
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