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Primary Health Centres and Patients Satisfaction Level in Haripad Community Development Block of Kerala, India
The main objectives of the present study were to show the spatial distribution of Primary Health Centres in the Haripad Block of Kerala and to investigate the patients’ perception regarding the services provided by the Primary Health Centres. Spatial distribution distr ibution of Primary Health Cent...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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international Journal of Current Research
2014
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| Online Access: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/005457.pdf |
| Summary: | The main objectives of the present study were to show the spatial distribution of Primary Health
Centres in the Haripad Block of Kerala and to investigate the patients’ perception regarding the
services provided by the Primary Health Centres. Spatial distribution
distr ibution of Primary Health Centres was
shown with the help of GIS mapping. Out of eight Primary Health Centres of the Block, five of them
were selected by lottery method of simple random sampling for the present study. A pre designed
schedule was used for the
t he generation of primary data. The collected information was compiled,
tabulated and analysed by using standard statistical methods. The main factors affecting the utilization
of primary health care services in Haripad Block
lock were easy accessibility, availa
availability of medicine etc.
The major problems of all sampled Primary Health Centres were the less number of doctors, absence
of doctors from services, the lack of sanitary facilities and other infrastructure such as inpatients
room, lab, bed etc. |
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| Physical Description: | pp.11118-11122 Vol. 6, Issue, 12, December, 2014 |