{"id":33874,"date":"2026-10-07T22:16:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=33874"},"modified":"2026-10-07T22:16:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:16:58","slug":"medical-trip-costs-medical-trips-costliest-in-both-rural-urban-areas-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=33874","title":{"rendered":"Medical Trip Costs: Medical trips costliest in both rural &#038; urban areas | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134775552,imgsize-58690,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/medical-cost.jpg\" alt=\"Medical trips costliest in both rural &amp; urban areas\" title=\"Representative image\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Health and medical trips were most expensive among all trips completed in a year with average expenditure of Rs 29,454 in rural areas and Rs 41,649 in urban areas. Of this expenditure, over 70% was spent on medical treatment.<!-- --> The largest chunk of travel (48.7%) in a year was for pilgrimage or religious purposes.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>This was revealed in the survey on Domestic Tourism Expenditure conducted from July 2025 to June 2026 as part of National Sample Survey&#8217;s 80th round. The survey collected information on purpose and expenditure of domestic travel, including overnight trips, and same-day journeys, and categories of expenditure during the trips.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Study: 70% of money spent on treatment\" msid=\"134775744\" imgsize=\"32101\" resizemode=\"4\" width=\"\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/imgsize-32101,msid-134775744\/study-70-of-money-spent-on-treatment.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The report showed that of the expenditure on travel for health and medical needs, 10% was for accommodation, followed by 5% each for food and drink and transport. For two other major categories of travel &#8211; holidaying, leisure and recreation, and for pilgrimage and recreation &#8211; transport was the largest chunk of expenditure. In case of overnight trips for shopping, the biggest chunk of expenditure was not surprisingly on shopping.<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"  \">\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Rented or hired transport was the most popular for medical and health-centred trips accounting for almost 47% of trips in rural areas and about 40% in urban areas, followed by buses &#8211; 26% in rural areas and 21% in urban. Those surveyed used their own vehicle in less than a quarter of these trips in urban areas and less than one in five in rural.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Average expenditure per same-day trip, incurred by households in rural and urban areas, was highest for trips undertaken for &#8216;shopping&#8217; (Rs 1,795 for rural, Rs 2,631 for urban) and &#8216;health and medical&#8217; accounted for the second costliest purpose (Rs 1,499 for rural, Rs 1,859 for urban). For same-day trips, travel for health and medical needs figured after travel for social purpose and shopping.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/medical-trips-costliest-in-both-rural-urban-areas\/articleshow\/134775105.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health and medical trips were most expensive among all trips completed in a year with average expenditure of Rs 29,454 in rural areas and Rs 41,649 in urban areas. Of this expenditure, over 70% was spent on medical treatment. 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