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Table 1 Population norms for public health facilities in rural areas in India

From: Non-degree allopathic practitioners as first contact points for acute illness episodes: insights from a qualitative study in rural northern India

 

Norm in plain areas

Norm in hilly/tribal/difficult areas

Sub-Center

5 000

3 000

Primary Health Center

30 000

20 000

Community Health Center

120 000

80 000

  1. (Source: adopted from MoHFW, Rural health statistics in India, 2012, p.3).