Perception and satisfaction level towards health care facilities in rural gadag district-An analytical study

The present article reviews the outlook and contentment of the various healthcare facilities provided in the rural district of Gadag, Karnataka. An analysis of the progress in health institutions, availability of healthcare facilities, the status, health manpower and the quality of healthcare services in the rural district of Gadag. The healthcare infrastructure consists of basic physical and human resources apart from equipment and medicines. Hence a comprehensive analysis of health care infrastructure should include hospitals, dispensaries, practitioners, doctors, paramedical staff, other health workers, number of beds and pharmacy stores. Improvement in the health status of population is a major thrust area under the social development programs being undertaken in the country. This is sought to be achieved thorough improvement in the access to and utilization of health services in the country with special focus on under privileged segments of the population. India has built up a vast health infrastructure; however there is variation in extent of access to and utilization of healthcare services among states, districts and different segments of society. More than 80% of the subjects in the rural regions were satisfied with the medical facilities provided to them, where Gadag and Naragunda taluks showed cent percent respondent satisfaction, Respondents from Mundaragi and Ron taluks had a 91.2% and 84.6% respondent satisfaction respectively.