Practo survey points to varying health concerns in different Indian cities

21st December 2015
Practo survey points to varying health concerns in different Indian cities

Bangalore December 21 2015: Leading healthcare platform Practo,  has released its annual healthcare findings, The Practo Healthcare Map of India 2015 which aims to highlight the key consumer healthcare concerns.
The report is based on search data from Practo which has nearly 40 million appointments per year and over 75M searches across 200,000 doctors and over 200 specialties.
Overall India: While total search volume grew over 9x to 10M+ searches a month. The top searched specialties are:

  1. Dentists
  2. ENT
  3. Paediatrician
  4. Gastroenterologists
  5. Cardiologists

In Delhi, while the biggest health issues remain Gynecology, Dermatology and Dentistry, the fastest growing are Gastroenterology (16x), ENT (9X) and Dentistry (6.6x).
In Mumbai, in tandem with the national findings, ENT (2.4X), Gastroenterology (1.5X) and Pediatrics (1X) are the fastest growing healthcare issues. The biggest healthcare issues in the city are Dermatology, Gynecology and Dentistry.
In Pune, the biggest healthcare concerns are Dermatology, Gynecology and Dentistry. while the fastest growing healthcare issues include ENT (4.3x) followed by Cardiology (4.3x) and Pediatrics (3.3 x)
In Bangalore, the biggest healthcare concerns are Dermatology, Pediatrics and Dentistry, while the fastest growing healthcare issues include Pediatrics (1.8 x) followed by Gastroenterology (1.8x %) and ENT (1.4x).
In Hyderabad, the biggest healthcare concerns are Dermatology, Gynecology and ENT, while the fastest growing healthcare issues include Gastroenterology (2.3x) followed by Pediatrics (2x) and Cardiology (1.7x)
In Chennai, the biggest healthcare concerns are Dermatology, Gynecology and Dentistry, while the fastest growing healthcare issues include Pediatrics (1.8x) followed by Dentistry (1.3x) followed by Gastroenterology (1x)
In Chandigarh, Gastroenterology (16.5X), Cardiology (15.8X), and Urologist (9.4X) are the fastest growing healthcare issues.
In Kolkatta, in tandem with the national findings, Cardiology (3X), Gastroenterology (2X), and ENT (1.4X) are the fastest growing healthcare issues.
In Jaipur, Gastroenterology (15.6X), and Urologist (13.3X) and ENT (9.3x) are the fastest growing healthcare issues.
In Ahmedabad, Gastroenterology (36.8X), and Cardiology (31.3X) and Urologist (16.2x) are the fastest growing healthcare issues.