Cost of educating doctors and nurses doubles in 10 yrs in India

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.

- Rema.Nagarajan @timesgroup.com

Despite this, the estimated expenditure per medical graduate in China at $41,000 is higher only than in subSaharan Africa and about 42% lower than in India ($70,000) against a global average of $114,000.

CHINA’S COST TRIPLED

Lancet study covered the period between 2008 and 2018 Mean costs went down globally in these years — $122,000 to $114,000 per doctor & $50,000 to $32,000 per nurse

But India’s cost per doctor doubled, from $35,000 to $70,000, while China’s nearly tripled from $14,000 to $41,000

N Africa was the only other region where expenditure rose