A good indicator of the availability, utilization and effectiveness of health care services in a country is?

Ans. is 'c' i.e., Infant moality rate o IMR is considered a sensitive index of health services as it reflects maternal care, perinatal care, child rearing practices, nutritional practices, and socioeconomic conditions in which people live as well as availability, effectiveness and utilization of health care services. "IMR is universally regarded not only as a most impoant indicator of health status of a community but also of the level of living of people in general and effectiveness of MCH services in paicular. "