The study attempts to investigate the extent of usage of health schemes of Karnataka State Government by the respondents from Rural and Urban areas of Mysore and Chamarajanagar District. A total of 402 respondents of which 178 (102 Chamarajanagar and 76 Mysore) from Rural area and 224 (73 Chamarajanagar and 151 Mysore) from Urban area was selected through stratified random sampling technique. A Semi structured questionnaire was employed to assess the level of the usage of Karnataka State Government Health Schemes. One sample t test has been used to assess the extent of usage of health schemes and Independent samples t test has been used to find out the influence of demographic variables: gender, area and district. On total usage the result revealed that the extent of usage of the health Schemes was less and they were used more by the male and rural respondents than the female and urban respondents. However there were no significant differences in the usage of health schemes among respondents from Mysore and Chamarajanagar district.
Health Schemes, Health Policy, Karnataka State Government
