Australia - Affordability of health care

Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk)

Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Australia was 0.400 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.900 in 2009, while its lowest value was 0.400 in 2020.

Definition: The proportion of population at risk of catastrophic expenditure when surgical care is required. Catastrophic expenditure is defined as direct out of pocket payments for surgical and anaesthesia care exceeding 10% of total income.

Source: The Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC) at Harvard Medical School (https://www.pgssc.org/)

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Year Value
2003 0.800
2004 0.600
2005 0.700
2006 0.600
2007 0.500
2008 0.700
2009 0.900
2010 0.600
2011 0.700
2012 0.600
2013 0.600
2014 0.600
2015 0.600
2016 0.500
2017 0.500
2018 0.500
2019 0.500
2020 0.400

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk)

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Australia was 0.000 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.100 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 2004.

Definition: The proportion of population at risk of impoverishing expenditure when surgical care is required. Impoverishing expenditure is defined as direct out of pocket payments for surgical and anaesthesia care which drive people below a poverty threshold (using a threshold of $1.25 PPP/day).

Source: The Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC) at Harvard Medical School (https://www.pgssc.org/)

See also:

Year Value
2003 0.100
2004 0.000
2005 0.000
2006 0.000
2007 0.000
2008 0.100
2009 0.100
2010 0.100
2011 0.100
2012 0.100
2013 0.100
2014 0.000
2015 0.000
2016 0.000
2017 0.000
2018 0.000
2019 0.000
2020 0.000

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors