Cost of educating doctors doubles in 10 yrs in India

The average cost of produ-cing a doctor has doubled in India between 2008 and 2018 even as it dipped in most other places. In case of China, it tripled to $41,000, a Lancet study shows. But China’s expenses per doctor is 42% lower than India’s $70,000 (Rs 58 lakh approx). In case of nurses too, India saw the cost double while it dropped in most countries. Rema Nagarajan reports

In 10 years, education cost for docs & nurses doubles in India

Expenses Went Down In Most Other Nations

The average cost of producing a doctor or nurse went down across most parts of the world between 2008 and 2018, but almost tripled in China and doubled in India, a Lancet study shows. Despite this, the estimated expenditure per medical graduate in China at $41,000 is higher only than in sub-Saharan Africa and about 42% lower than in India ($70,000) against a global average of $114,000.

The pattern was the same for nurses with the estimated expenditure per nursing graduate dropping across the world while it went up by 167% in China and doubled in India. The only other region where the per graduate cost went up was in North Africa, where cost per doctor went up by 47% and by 25% for nurses.