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Utilization of health services in Tenali Mandal, Andhra Pradesh- A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Suresh Chand Yaddanapalli,
R Srinivas,
Bommireddy Vikram Simha,
Devaki Talluri,
Viswanath Vadapalli,
Srinivas Pachava,
Viswa Chaitanya Chandu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_462_19
Subject(s) - medicine , cross sectional study , attendance , health care , stratified sampling , public health , government (linguistics) , cluster sampling , family medicine , population , environmental health , nursing , economic growth , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , economics
India has a plurality of health care with different systems of medicine delivered by government and local bodies in hospitals and clinics. Public hospitals provide 60% of all hospitalizations, while the private sector provides 75% of all routine care. Utilization is the actual attendance by the members of the public at health care facilities, which measures the number of visits per year or the number of people with at least one visit during the previous year, serves as an important tool and acts as a guiding path in understanding disease profile and also helps resource allocation.

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