Abstract
BACKGROUND: An assorted group of 1000 army personnel below officer's rank was surveyed to find out its preference for medical set up between that of the Armed Forces and the civil. METHODS: Survey for preference of medical treatment was done based on a structured questionnaire. The sample was taken from different states of India covering the entire nation. RESULTS: 65% of the surveyed personnel preferred the Armed Forces medical set up to that of the civil. Yet 35% is a big number going for civil medical set up. About half of the above would choose alternative therapy like homeopathy and ayurveda. CONCLUSION: Two issues come to notice. Whether there is any scope for introducing popular alternative therapy in the Armed Forces and does an improvement in the existing medical set up in the Armed Forces change the preference of the clients?