Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities

  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 5

Regional Trends and Patterns of Health Status and Healthcare Facilities as a Major Influencing Factor of Health Status: A Case of Western Uttar Pradesh

Senior Research Fellows, Department of Geography, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

Abstract

Health plays a vital role in human life. It is one of the most important factors of development. Despite the tremendous effort of the government towards ensuring equality of Healthcare opportunities, inequality still prevails. The present paper aims at examining the close relationship between Healthcare facilities and Health Status in Western Uttar Pradesh. The data for the analysis have been obtained from the secondary sources. The paper suggest that enhancement of Healthcare facilities shall reduce the disparities in Health Status in Western Uttar Pradesh.

Keywords

Healthcare facilities, Health Status, Mortality Rate, Morbidity Rate, correlation etc