Concept of health and disease: Health and Wellness Centres: practice question

A PSM question in the style of the NEET PG paper. Answer it first, then read why the right option is right and why each of the others is wrong.

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PSM · Concept of health and disease: Health and Wellness Centres

Sample item

The main conceptual shift introduced by Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres is:

AFrom preventive to purely curative servicesBFrom community to hospital-based deliveryCFrom selective care to comprehensive primary health care including NCD screeningDFrom public to private provision of care

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The answer and the reasoning

C. From selective care to comprehensive primary health care including NCD screening

Health and Wellness Centres expand the package beyond maternal and child health and communicable diseases to include NCD screening, mental health, oral, eye, ENT, palliative and elderly care. This realises the comprehensive primary health care vision.

Option by option

A. From preventive to purely curative services
Prevention and promotion are strengthened, not reduced.
B. From community to hospital-based delivery
The approach is community-oriented, not hospital-centred.
C. From selective care to comprehensive primary health care including NCD screening (correct)
Correct. They broaden services into comprehensive primary care.
D. From public to private provision of care
The centres are public facilities, not a move to private care.

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Questions about this PSM question

What is the answer to this PSM question?

The best answer is C, From selective care to comprehensive primary health care including NCD screening. Health and Wellness Centres expand the package beyond maternal and child health and communicable diseases to include NCD screening, mental health, oral, eye, ENT, palliative and elderly care.

Why is "From preventive to purely curative services" not the answer?

Prevention and promotion are strengthened, not reduced.

Why is "From community to hospital-based delivery" not the answer?

The approach is community-oriented, not hospital-centred.

Why is "From public to private provision of care" not the answer?

The centres are public facilities, not a move to private care.

What concept does this question test?

It tests Concept of health and disease: Health and Wellness Centres in PSM. This realises the comprehensive primary health care vision.

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 Concept of health and disease: Health and Wellness Centres?

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.