Spatial Analysis of Health Care Facility:A Block Level Study in Birbhum District, West Bengal

Jump To References Section

Authors

  • Debasis Ghosh
     Department of Geography, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia-723 104, West Bengal ,IN
  • Mrinal Mandal
     Department of Geography, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia-723 104, West Bengal ,IN

Keywords:

Health Care Institution, Health Care Facility Index, Birbhum District, West Bengal.

Abstract

A study on the status of health care facility across all the Blocks of Birbhum district, West Bengal was made based on secondary data collected from District Statistical Handbook, Birbhum, 2012. We have taken five basic indicators, namely, Health Care Institution Population Ratio (HCIPR), Doctor Bed Ratio (DBR), Bed Population Ratio (BPR), Doctor Health Care Institution Ratio (DHCIR) and Bed Health Care Institution Ratio (BHCIR). We compute Health Care Facility Index (HCFI) to investigate the health care delivery system of the district. The study confirms that the status of health care facility (HCF) of Birbhum district is not in a good position except in Suri-I block. The centralization of health care facility is observed in the district.

Downloads

Published

2015-12-01

Issue

Volume 12 , Issue 2 , December 2015

Section

Articles

License

All the articles published in JES are distributed under a creative commons license. The journal allows the author(s) to hold the copyright of their work (all usages allowed except for commercial purpose).

Please contact us at editorgjeis@gmail.com for permissions related to commercial use of the article(s).

 

References

Bagli, S. and Adhikary, M. 2015. Financial inclusion and human development: A study in India. The Asian Economic Review, 57(2): 75-93.

Census 2011. Census of India. Directorate of Census, Government of India, New Delhi.

DHR. 2013. Annual Report 2013-2014. Ministry of Health, Government of India, New Delhi.

GoA (Government of Australia 2014). Transforming health (Discussion paper). Retrieved June 12, 2015, from https://www.healthdesign.org/sites/default/files/ hcleader_5_litreviewwp1.pdf.

GoWB 2007. 18th All India Livestock Census, Agriculture Implements & Machinery, Fishery Statistics West Bengal, Purulia District, Part-I. Directorate of Animal Resources And Animal Health, Government of West Bengal, Kolkata.

GoWB 2009. District Statistical Handbook, Birbhum 2007. Bureau of Applied Economics and Statistics, Government of West Bengal, Kolkata.

GoWB 2014. District Statistical Handbook, Birbhum 2012. Bureau of Applied Economics and Statistics, Government of West Bengal, Kolkata.

Mandal, M. 2010. Status of Health Care Facility in Birbhum district : A study of medical geography. Institute of Landscape, Ecology and Ekistics, 32 (2): 503-510.

Mandal, M. 2012. An enquiry on status of Rural Health Care Facility in Hooghly district, West Bengal. Journal of Interacademicia, 16 (2): 299-309.

Murray, C. J. L. 2000. Progress and directions in refining global burden of disease approaches: A response to Williams. British Medical Journal, 329 (7333) : 1096-1100.

Murthy, M. V. 2008. Mobile based primary Health Care System for Rural India. Retrieved June 10, 2015, from http://www.w3.org/2008/02/MS4D_WS/papers/ cdac-mobile-healthcare-paper.pdf

NIHFW 2008. A study to reviesw the Health Care Delivery System provided by Punjab Systems Corporation (PHSC), Punjab. National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi.

Plan. Comm. 2013. Srinivasan, R. (Unknown). Health care in India- Vision 2020, issues and prospects. Retrieved June 28, 2015, from http://www.planningcommission.nic.inreports/genrep/bkpap2020/26_bg2020.pdf'

Qingyue, M. and Shenglan, T. 2010. Universal coverage of Health Care in China: Challenges and opportunities (World Health Report, 2010) Background Paper, 7. Retrieved July 5, 2015, from www.who.int/healthsystems/topics/financing/ healthreport/7ChinaM_T.pdf

Singh, Z. 2013. Universal Health Coverage for India by 2022: A utopia or reality? Indian J. Community Medicine, 38(2) : 70-73.

WHO 1964. Constitution of World Health Organization. World Health Organization, Geneva.

WHO 1991. Retrieved June 26, 2015, from http://www.who.int/healthsystems/topics/ delivery/en World Health Organization, Geneva.

Wikipedia (2015, June 13). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_facility