National health programmes: Rogi Kalyan Samiti: practice question

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PSM · National health programmes: Rogi Kalyan Samiti

Sample item

Under the National Health Mission, which body, registered as a society at a district hospital or community health centre, involves local representatives in managing the facility and can use user fees for improvements?

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The answer and the reasoning

A. Rogi Kalyan Samiti

A Rogi Kalyan Samiti, or Patient Welfare Society, is a facility-level management body that includes elected representatives and officials and is allowed to retain and spend user fees and grants for facility needs. Village committees and women's groups work at the village or slum level.

Option by option

  • A. Rogi Kalyan Samiti (correct)

    Correct. It is the facility-level society for hospital management and spending.

  • B. Village Health Sanitation and Nutrition Committee

    The village committee plans health activities for a village and is not a hospital society.

  • C. District Health Society

    The District Health Society coordinates all health programmes for the district and is not a facility society.

  • D. Mahila Arogya Samiti

    Mahila Arogya Samitis are women's groups in urban slums that support community health.

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What is the answer to this PSM question?

The best answer is A, Rogi Kalyan Samiti. A Rogi Kalyan Samiti, or Patient Welfare Society, is a facility-level management body that includes elected representatives and officials and is allowed to retain and spend user fees and grants for facility needs.

Why is "Village Health Sanitation and Nutrition Committee" not the answer?

The village committee plans health activities for a village and is not a hospital society.

Why is "District Health Society" not the answer?

The District Health Society coordinates all health programmes for the district and is not a facility society.

Why is "Mahila Arogya Samiti" not the answer?

Mahila Arogya Samitis are women's groups in urban slums that support community health.

What concept does this question test?

It tests National health programmes: Rogi Kalyan Samiti in PSM. Village committees and women's groups work at the village or slum level.

How hard is this question?

We tag it as an application question: it asks you to use a fact on a patient or a finding. The tag is our own editorial judgement, not an official difficulty rating, so read the reason for every option, not only the answer.

How should I study National health programmes: Rogi Kalyan Samiti?

Practise biostatistics with small calculations until sensitivity, predictive values and risk measures are automatic. Then use the flashcards and the other PSM questions on this site to test what stuck.

Is this a real NEET PG question?

No. It is an original practice item (editorial status: sample, version 1). NextPrep does not publish recalled or leaked questions, and independent faculty review of this item has not been completed yet, so confirm important facts in a standard textbook.