Cost Effective Medical Treatment in India

India is a country known for its effective medical treatment accompanied with the lowest amount charged for any treatment as compared to the other countries of the world. India has gained a lot of success in the medical field in last 10 years. From last 10 years India has become one of the favorite countries for the Medical Tourism due to many reasons like advancement in technology, highly qualified doctors, cost effective treatments etc. If we go through the reviews given by the patients of Indian as well as International patients about the treatment offered and given by Indian hospitals then it would be crystal clear to everyone that how fast Indian Medical Treatment has set up a bench mark for the other countries. It’s not only about Indian patients, now international patients also prefer India for any kind of medical treatment due to many success stories shared by international patients. The patients also share about the facilities offered to them in Indian hospitals and the treatment charge as compared to the other countries.

If we compare the treatment charge of any illness or surgery in India with other countries then we can see the huge difference in them. If we compare the cost of Liver Transplant in India with other countries then we can see that in India it is eight times less than the charge asked by other countries. The treatment charge of any other country is very high as compared to India because in India we can get low costing infrastructure and the ratio of doctor-patient is also low as compared to other countries. India is known for its cost effective medical treatment due to some other reasons also like we can save a very good amount of money in treatment i.e. approx 70-75% of the total cost including food services, accommodation charge, wellness conveyance.

Cost Comparison between India and other countries:

If we go through the cost comparison of some of the treatments offered in India with other countries like a knee replacement surgery costs $40000 in U.S, $12,000 in Canada, $25,000 in Israel and in India it costs only $8500. Similarly, if we go check the cost of hip replacement of different countries then we can see that in US it costs $50,000, in Korea it costs $14,120 where as in India it costs only $7,000. The charge of gastric bypass surgery in US is $32, 972, in Costa Rica it is $12,500 and in India it is only $5,000. In India there are many websites which avail us with a plenty of affordable services like net meds, med life. We can get a better discount by approaching these sites that also helps in reducing the medical cost.

Reasons for low cost treatment in India:

One another reason for low cost treatment in India is the low cost of wages in India as compared to other countries like U.S, Korea, Israel and others. According to the report of AMA (American Medical Association) which is known as the largest association of physicians and medical students in the United States, India is the cheapest country as compared to any European or Asian countries of the world. There are many treatment packages availed by many Indian companies which one can easily opt to get the effective treatment at a very competitive price.

Views of International Patients about Indian Medical Treatment:

Indian hospitals not only offer less cost medical treatment , they provide us with best and the least charged food services, accommodation and other discounts on medicines also. There are many alternative medical treatment options available in India like Ayurveda, Yoga and Homeopathic and these treatments are also very effective and these services are even very cheap. Many International patients also opt for these alternatives. There are many other international patients having misconception about Indian medical that India is not a perfect place to opt for medical tourism as it is cheap and in their perception cheap is not only related to cost but also the to the quality. This misconception has started getting proved wrong after the data shown by AMA in which it is clearly mentioned that India offers the best and the cost effective treatment in the world. According to this report, the cost of Indian treatment is around 10 times less than the cost of US treatment.