Amardeep Thind
Health Service Use by Children in Rural Bihar
bihar one economically deprived states india home nearly 10 per cent indias population consistently ranks poorly variety development healthrelated indicators order improve child survival decrease childhood mortality important understand determinants healthcare use appropriate policies may developed maximize health services utilization paper undertakes analysis uses andersen behavioral model understand determinants health services utilization children suffering diarrhea respiratory illness rural bihar data abstracted second national family health survey nfhs2 2703 children 3 years age dataset 840 episode diarrhea andor respiratory illness preceding 2 weeks majority 69 per cent utilized healthcare services illness results indicate controlling factors sex child household standard living service availability need significant determinants health service utilization analysis highlights usefulness nfhs2 data tool conduct health services research analyses state level developing policies safeguard improve health vulnerable population groups india