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 3 Number of cadrewise recommendations of HRH in the NHPIs for AAAQ dimensions

Cadres	Dimensionwise recommendations
	Availability			Accessibility			Acceptability			Quality
	1983	2002	2017	1983	2002	2017	1983	2002	2017	1983	2002	2017
Doctor	0	5	15	1	4	15	0	1	2	0	4	18
Nurse	0	4	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	3	6
AYUSH^a	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
ANM^b	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Dentist	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Pharmacist	0	1	5	0	1	3	0	1	2	0	2	3
Other^c	1	1	10	0	1	9	0	1	3	2	0	6
Non-cadre-specific^d	2	1	1	2	1	2	0	2	0	4	2	6
Total recommendations	3	13	33	4	8	36	0	5	10	6	11	41

HRH Human Resources for Health, NHPI National Health Policy of India, AAAQ Availability, Accessibility, Acceptability, ^aAYUSH: Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy, ^bANM: Auxiliary Nurse-Midwife, ^cOther includes mid-level practitioners, community health workers, and multi-purpose workers. ^dNon-cadre-specific recommendations apply to all HRH cadres

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