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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Malaysia was 3.20 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 20.30 in 2003, while its lowest value was 3.20 in 2020.

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/)

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Year Value
2003 20.30
2004 15.80
2005 14.80
2006 14.00
2007 12.70
2008 11.90
2009 11.50
2010 11.30
2011 9.40
2012 8.40
2013 5.90
2014 5.30
2015 4.80
2016 4.70
2017 4.20
2018 3.90
2019 3.50
2020 3.20

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors