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Volume : III, Issue : II, March - 2013 SPATIAL DISPARITIES OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN MANIPUR LUCKYSON R. PANMEI Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : Health care facilities are not evenly distributed and access to health care differs
across countries, groups and individuals, largely influenced by social and economic
conditions as well as the health policy of a place. The existing trends of development in
the state show the sense of more urbanisation and better development of health care
facilities mostly concentrated in the valley areas, where, there is high accessibility level,
better road connectivity, better socio-economic status, etc. most of the hill districts are
devoid of such facilities. The health care facilities of the valley and the hill districts are
not the same as far as the quality and the order of services they deliver are concerned.
Mere existence of healthcare facilities does not reflect the accessibility of the population
to health care. The distance between the facilities and the population as well as the
evenness in their distribution are also important factors affecting accessibility. The
present study highlighted the imbalances in the availability of health care facilities in
different region of the state. There is a wide gap in the functioning of the health care
centre between hill and valley districts. Although considerable growth in health care
facilities has been recorded, the uneven distribution and non-functioning of health
centres in some districts resulted in disparities in the spatial distribution of healthcare
facilities, which is more pronounced in the hill districts of Manipur. The present paper is
an attempt to discuss and visualise the factors responsible for the disparities of health
care facilities in the state. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : LUCKYSON R. PANMEI, (2013). SPATIAL DISPARITIES OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN MANIPUR. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. III, Issue. II, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/2123.pdf References : - Annual Administrative report 2011-2012, Directorate of Health and Family Services including NRHM and MACS, Manipur
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