A Study of Problems and Prospects of Primary Health Centers in Rural Areas.

This article examines the problems and prospects of health care services in India. Health is the one of the important concept and Primary Health Centre (PHCs), sometimes referred to as public health centres are state owned health care facilities in India. India as a nation has been growing economically at a rapid pace particularly after the advent of New Economic Policy of 1991. However, this paid economic development has not been accompanied by social development particularly health sector development. Health sector has been accorded very low priority in term of allocation of resources. Public expenditure on health is less than 1% of GDP. The Majority of the rural people are poor and there are not able to pay heavy medical fees for private hospitals. They are getting the best medical treatment from primary health centers and their health status will be improved. The main objectives of the study to analyze the importance of health in India, to examine the functions of Primary Health Centers in rural areas and to understand the problems and prospects of Primary Health Centers (PHCs) in rural areas. The present study is basically theoretical background. It is based on secondary data. This study covers problems and prospects of PHCs in rural areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]