Do health policies address the availability, accessibility, acceptability, and quality of human resources for health? Analysis over three decades of National Health Policy of India

Table 1 Cadrewise requirement thresholds from Bhore Committee and High-level Expert Group (HLEG) per 100,000

Cadres	Requirement Thresholds as per Bhore Committee Report	Requirement Thresholds as per HLEG Committee Report
ANM	60	73.72
Nurse	355.91	112.26
Pharmacist	43.97	22.5
AYUSH	NA	6.45
Dentist	20	6.73
Doctor	121.78	33.5

ANM auxiliary nurse-midwife, AYUSH: Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy, NA not available

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