Abstract
BackgroundRight to health is one among the important components of basic human rights. The Government of India had announced “Ayushman Bharat for a new India-2022”, during 2018-19 parliament budget sessions with two components namely, Health and wellness centers for strengthening primary care and national health protection scheme now known as “Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY)” for enabling access to secondary and tertiary healthcare services. Current study was conducted to assess awareness and readiness of the health care workers in implementation of Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya YojanaMaterials and MethodsA hospital based cross sectional study was conducted with estimated sample size calculated of 236, with treating consultants and residents as study participants. Participants filled a self-administered pretested semi-structured questionnaire to assess the level of awareness and readiness in implementing PMJAY. Data was entered and analyzed using EPI Info 7 software.ResultsTotal number of participants were 181. Mean awareness score was 4.5±1.96 and mean readiness score was 16±5. Mean awareness and readiness score among medical and surgical branches was not statistically significant. There was significantly high awareness score among faculty as compared to senior residents. Relationship between awareness and readiness was found to be correlated with Pearson’s correlation of 0.206 and was statistically significant. Linear regression model demonstrated an increase of 0.531 units in readiness for every unit increase in awareness score.ConclusionMean awareness score of doctors was just around half of maximum possible score. Awareness is more among faculty members than residents. With increase in awareness there is an increase in readiness among the study population. There is a need to organize workshops on PMJAY for stakeholders.
Highlights
Right to health is one among the significant components of basic human rights
Linear regression model was generated to quantify the amount of change in readiness score with change in awareness score
It was observed that there is an increase of 0.531 units in readiness for every unit increase in awareness score with a p value of 0.005(Table 2)
Summary
Right to health is one among the significant components of basic human rights. Everybody on the earth should be able to access preventive and curative aspects of health for a happy and productive living. The Government of India had announced “Ayushman Bharat for a new India-2022”, in 2018-2019 Parliament budget sessions It has two major initiatives, construction of “Health and Wellness Centers (HWC)” for strengthening primary care and National Health Protection Scheme named as “Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY)” for enabling access to secondary and tertiary health care services [6]. The Government of India had announced “Ayushman Bharat for a new India-2022”, during 2018-19 parliament budget sessions with two components namely, Health and wellness centers for strengthening primary care and national health protection scheme known as “Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY)” for enabling access to secondary and tertiary healthcare services.
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