Vol. 3, Issue 6, Part S (2017)

Abstract
Health is both an important component and cause of well being. Health finds centrality in all debates and discourses of human development. The health outcomes by and large show the status of development. Availability, accessibility, affordability, equity and quality of medical and healthcare services depend on the distribution, functionality and quality of infrastructure. A minimum level of physical infrastructure is needed, to provide public health services and also to increase access to health services. Data on the resources available to the health system, are essential to enable governments to determine how best to meet the health-related needs of the population. Uttar Pradesh is one of the state of India which shows the poorest performance in terms of health outcomes and provisioning of healthcare services. It is at the lowest status in respect of three major indicators of health viz. infant mortality rate (IMR), maternal mortality rate (MMR), and nutritional status. As far as provisioning of health services is concerned, it maintains the same position as it has on the health status front. For example, percentage of children fully immunized is lowest in UP. Uttar Pradesh has made a huge investment in health infrastructure during the last few decades. As a result, the state has a large public, as well as private, healthcare infrastructure in both rural and urban areas