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PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY INPRIMARY HEALTH CARE OF HARYANA

ABSTRACT

The Health care delivery system of any state is not possible without an felicitous healthcare infrastructure. Adequate infrastructure which includes buildings, equipment, supply and communication equipment forms a crucial part of Health Services. Health Sub centers, Dispensaries and Hospitals need to be managed by well trained staff with service perspective. Oral Health promotion, checkup and appropriate referral and identification are an essential requirement at the PHCs, where as in CHCs, it is imperative to have a unit consisting of Dental chair and set of dental equipment for examination, extraction and management of dental problems. The concept of Primary Health Centre (PHC) is not new to India. The Bhore Committee in 1946 gave the concept of a PHC as a basic health unit. an integrated curative and preventive health 6th Five year Plan (1983-88) proposed reorganization of PHCs on the basis of one PHC for every 30,000 rural population in the plains and one PHC for every 20,000 population in hilly, tribal and backward areas for more effective coverage. Since then, 24855 PHCs have been established in the country (March, 2019). To study the evaluation of Primary health centres in terms of availability of assured services , facility of primary management of selected cases with respect to Indian Public health Standards(IPHS) is the objective of this paper.

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