1 out of 2 urban Indians says to have access to good quality healthcare, cancer biggest concern for most: Study

The firm conducted the study among 23,274 adults across 31 nations. The countries that stand higher in the ranking are Singapore, Switzerland, and Malaysia where 71 per cent, 68 per cent and 66 per cent of their citizens rated their healthcare facilities high.  Markets where the citizens rated their healthcare facility lowest are Poland (14 per cent), Hungary (15 per cent) and Peru (16 per cent).

The study also found that cancer is the biggest health concern for most urban Indians (59 per cent) whereas most of the global citizens (44 per cent) are more concerned about mental health.

Among the Indians polled, 71 per cent believe there is equality in healthcare facilities in their country, which is globally the highest, ahead of Malaysia (65 per cent), Spain (64 per cent) and Singapore (61 per cent). However,  only 41% of global citizens held this view about their nations. Among the lowest ratings, are Hungary (14 per cent) Poland (23 per cent) and Chile (24 per cent).

According to the Ipsos report, 75 per cent of urban Indians have trust in the country’s healthcare system, which is again the highest among the all countries surveyed.  The other top players with a high number of citizens trusting their healthcare system are Singapore (69 per cent), Spain (69 per cent) and Malaysia (68 per cent). The countries with their people having the least trust in their system are Hungary (15 per cent), Peru (27 per cent) and Poland (32 per cent).

India also topped the global list of countries on ease of getting a doctor appointment in the local area. While 70 per cent of its citizens admitted that it was easy to obtain a doctor’s appointment, only 46 per cent of the global citizens claimed the same for their respective countries. In this category, India was followed by South Korea (64 per cent), Malaysia (61 per cent), South Africa (61 per cent) and Singapore (60 per cent). Nations with the citizens claiming the least ease of getting a doctor’s appointment in their area are France (32 per cent), Peru (32 per cent), Germany (33 per cent) and Canada (33 per cent).