Along with food, shelter, education and health is a basic need and a requirement for growth and productivity. Health services have a significant role in a country's politics and economy and have a significant impact on the health of individuals and societies. Economic growth and the reduction of inequality are two benefits of health interventions in developing nations. Objectives of the study to identify the disparity in allocation of hospitals as well as medical care units under Ayushman Bharat Mission- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojan (PMJAY) in the districts of Uttar Pradesh. Analytical approach is used to present the secondary data obtain from various government agencies. Data presented with suitable statistical techniques and figures. Study reveals that hospitals are not allocated with same ratio to all districts. Total medical and surgical facilities are not available in all districts. There is polarization of medical facilities only in lager districts. In small districts proper medical and surgical facilities are not available. Results indicated that there is need of increase in the numbers of empanelled hospitals under PMJAY in all districts. Numbers of empanelled government hospitals are high in small districts and treatment facilities to patients are low. On the other hand empanelled hospitals private for profit and not for profit are high in large districts. In this scheme focus should be given to increase the medical facilities for improving the health and minimizing the out of pockets expenditures of rural as well as urban population.
KeywordsUniversal Health Coverage; Medical cares; Surgical Facilities; Empanelled Hospitals; Beneficiary Families
Published Date: 2022-11-09; Received Date: 2022-09-27
