Abstract :
Good health is a result of good infrastructure and good access to health care services. The women in the
reproductive age group required better access to health care for maternal health, the health of newborn
babies, or healthy aging. Reproductive health is an important resource for the future population of any
country. This study goes through a comparative analysis of Aspirational and Non-Aspirational districts
of West Bengal of reproductive health using DLHS-4 data. After the standardization of the variables of
accessibility, availability, and health outcome, the districts are ranked by the composite score. As a
result, the variation of accessibility is slightly more in the Aspirational districts (CV=54.68 percent)
than the Non-Aspirational districts (CV=53.76percent) and the variation of availability is more in the
Non-Aspirational districts (CV=79.64 percent) than the Aspirational districts (CV=70.94 percent) of
West Bengal. The accessibility, availability positively related to health outcomes. The effect of the
availability of health care services is more on health outcomes rather than the accessibility of
reproductive health care services.
Keyword :
Access to Healthcare Accessibility Availability Aspirational districts Reproductive health