International Journal of Business Management & Research - Volumes & Issues - Volume 11: Dec 2021, Issue 2

Socio-Economic Variations in Perception of Households about Diseases and Treatment Pattern in Punjab

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Dr. Anju Bala

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Health Services, Health Care and Treatment, Health Seeking Behavior, Socio-Economic Status, Voluntary Health Check-up

Abstract

The present paper has been taken into consideration to study the differences in socio-economic status (i.e low, medium, high) of house- holds regarding general awareness and perception of diseases/treatment, perception of voluntary health check-ups and households’ approach to severity of illnesses in Punjab. A sample of 180 rural and 120 urban households spread across eighteen villages and nine cities/towns, located in three districts of Punjab respectively, namely, Jalandhar, Bathinda and Fatehgarh Sahib has been selected for the study. The study clearly found the variations in socio-economic status (low, medium, high) regarding various aspects such as reasons for not seeking treatment, stage of illness of seeking treatment, attitude towards general cause of diseases, level of knowledge in identifying various chronic and communicable diseases and need of voluntary health check-up in influencing the treatment process etc. The knowledge of health services and the level of perception of the need for health services are found very low for households with low socio-economic status in comparison to the households with medium and high socio-economic status.

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International Journal of Business Management & Research

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2249-2143

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