ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2020
Gaps in facilities available at Community Health Centers/Rural Hospitals as per Indian public health standards - Study from Western Maharashtra.
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- Gaps in facilities at Community Health Centers as per Indian Public Health Standards - A commentary.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
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- In search of a fix to the primary health care chasm in India: can institutionalizing a public health cadre and inducting family physicians be the answer?The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2023Review
- Comparative pulmonary function test parameters in non-tribal and tribal women in singleton first, second, and the third trimester of pregnancy.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe launch of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) gives us the opportunity to review the functioning and bring up the Community Health Centers (CHC) services to the level of Indian Public Health Standards and thus improve the lives of citizens.
objectivesAssessment of the gaps in the facilities available at Community health centers/Rural hospitals as per Indian Public health standards.
methodsFacility based cross-sectional study was conducted in the Satara district of Maharashtra.
resultsThis study in the majority showed that the gap in the delivery of healthcare according to IPHS. It was observed that the Funded CHCs had a better quality of services than the non-funded CHCs. The non-funded CHCs lacked essential emergency services. Along with ANC care, newborn care in the first few minutes of life is very crucial, but very little priority was given to the newborn care as those services were not as per norms. Specialists as well as paramedical and other support staff are deficient in both funded and non funded CHCs/rural hospitals (RHs).
conclusionStandards were greatly influenced by funds delivered by IPHS itself. A staffing pattern is one of the important pillars in delivering various health services. A better salary, working place with continuous water supply, electricity, and cleanliness will improve the staffing pattern. Therefore, competent manpower and well-built infrastructure will help in the standard delivery of healthcare at CHC/RH and will thus serve the purpose of dispensing basic health services to every individual in the remotest areas.
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