An epidemiological study of utilization of Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana in a municipal tertiary care hospital located in a metro city

Authors

  • Radhakrishnan A. Department of Community Medicine, RCSM GMC, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
  • Seema S. Bansode-Gokhe Department of Community Medicine, LTMMC and SION Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172851

Keywords:

RGJAY, Pre-authorization, Orange card, Yellow card

Abstract

Background: Objective of the study was to study the epidemiological profile of study subjects benefited by Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana (RGJAY) and study the spectrum of surgical procedures/therapies/consultations.

Methods: It was a hospital record –based retrospective cross sectional study. Approximately 7200 beneficiaries were enrolled in a year. This study was analyzed with 10% beneficiaries (730) data by the convenient purposeful sampling method. Data was analyzed by using SPSS 17 software.

Results: The majority of the study subjects (34.7%) belonged to the age group of 40-59 years. The mean age was 38.6.More study subjects were males (55.1%). 99.9% of study subjects had come directly without any referral. 95.2% study subjects were orange ration card holders, 4.1% were yellow ration card holders.78.8% of study subjects got approval from RGJAY society, whereas pre authorization status was cancelled in13.6%.In total surgeries majority of the study subjects utilized orthopaedics surgery (16.3%).In total therapies majority utilized paediatric medical management (18.5%). In conservative management majority utilized cardiology (94.7%) and burns (5.2%).

Conclusions: The majority of the study subjects belonged to the age group of 40-59 years. More were males. Majority had come directly without any referral. This reveals the increased awareness about RGJAY among people. This scheme is more utilized by orange ration card holders than yellow card holders. In total surgeries majority utilized orthopaedics surgery. In total therapies majority utilized paediatric medical management. In conservative management majority utilized cardiology and burns. 

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Published

2017-06-23

How to Cite

A., R., & Bansode-Gokhe, S. S. (2017). An epidemiological study of utilization of Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana in a municipal tertiary care hospital located in a metro city. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 4(7), 2515–2519. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172851

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