The book highlights the role of social inequality in the utilisation of health services. The differential socio-economic status and the life styles emerging out of it create differential health status among different social classes. Further, their differential educational achievements produce differential knowledge of health service needs. All these factors mould the utilisation patterns of health services of different social classes. The lower social classes are found to have greater health needs, but they are in a disadvantageous position to consume adequate health services. The author suggests an integrated development programme for the poor to narrow down social inequality as well as to reduce the health needs of the poor. At the same time a comprehensive health care scheme is conceived to provide adequate quantity of health services to the poor.