Spatial Analysis of Public Healthcare Facilities in Periyapatna Taluk, Mysore District, Karnataka

By : Minutha. V , P. Jayashree

Page No: 111-122

Abstract
This paper aims to attempt the study of availability, accessibility and Infrastructure of public healthcare Facilities in Periyapatna Taluk, Mysore District. It also tries to find out the gap between existing public health care facilities and normative requirement of public health care facilities as set by the government of India. The base map of study area has been geo-referenced and digitized using ARCGIS. The Global Positioning System (GPS) was adopted to take the coordinate of all the existing public health centers in the study area. Data is analyzed though simple quantitative techniques like ratios, percentage and the spatial disparity of health centers were measured with the help of Nearest Neighbour Techniques. The results show that the availability of Public healthcare center is unequally distributed and there is scarcity in the availability of infrastructure and workforce among the study area. A large proportion of the residents have to travel a long way to access the health care facilities in western parts of Periyapatna. There is a high inequality in the distribution of public health centers, infrastructure facilities and health workforce in the hoblis of Periyapatna Taluk.

Authors :
Minutha V.
UGC Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Studies in Geography, University of Mysore, Mysuru, Karnataka, India.

P. Jayashree
Professor, Department of Studies in Geography, University of Mysore, Mysuru, Karnataka, India. 
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/ATNAGI.2022.42.01.9