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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in United States was 0.200 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.200 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.200 in 2003.

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 0.200
2004 0.200
2005 0.200
2006 0.200
2007 0.200
2008 0.200
2009 0.200
2010 0.200
2011 0.200
2012 0.200
2013 0.200
2014 0.200
2015 0.200
2016 0.200
2017 0.200
2018 0.200
2019 0.200
2020 0.200

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors