While India is increasingly becoming a major destination for medical tourism - with its super-specialty hospitals offering "affordable" treatment to patients from the west, healthcare is increasingly becoming unaffordable for most Indians. Learn more in this infographic.

1. Rising Healthcare Costs
While India is increasingly becoming a major destination for
medical tourism - with its super-specialty hospitals offering
"affordable" treatment to patients from the west, healthcare
is increasingly becoming unaffordable for most Indians.
of people in urban
India visit private
hospitals.68%
Sources:
National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) Cross-national survey on Health, 2014
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Access to State/Employer
Funded Insurance (in %)
18
14
Urban Patients Rural Patients
HospitalizationExpenses
Average Hospitalization Costs
5695
8851
14395
24436
2004 2014
Rural Urban
0k
10k
20k
30k
Deaths from Diseases
75
235
252 296 316 253
41 178
31 29 22
501 549 678 669 709 682 576 539 413 359 365
Communicable Diseases Non-Communicable Diseases
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
Nepal
Pakistan
Myanmar
India
China
Global Average US UK
Germany
0
500
1000
1500
Note: Age-standardized mortality rates by causes (per 100,000 population).
(inRs.)
States with Highest
Hospitalization Costs in Urban
India
47064 34730 32370 31653 31242
Assam
Delhi
Haryana
Uttar Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
0k
50k
51.5
45
18.3
28.3
21.8
48.5
55
81.7
71.7
78.2
% using Public Hospitals
% using Private Hospitals
Assam
Delhi
Haryana
UP
AP
0 10025 50 75
(inRs.)
States with Highest
Hospitalization Costs in Rural
India
30613 27718
20475 18693 18341
Delhi
Punjab
Maharashtra
Uttar Pradesh
Haryana
0k
25k
50k
63.1
29.3
19.2
30.2
33.3
36.9
70
80.8
69.8
66.7
% using Public Hospitals
% using Private Hospitals
Delhi
Punjab
Maharashtra
UP
Haryana
0 10025 50 75