Chad - 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 Chad was 70.70 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 79.00 in 2008, while its lowest value was 6.70 in 2003.

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 6.70
2004 16.00
2005 29.80
2006 56.00
2007 75.50
2008 79.00
2009 73.70
2010 73.80
2011 71.20
2012 67.70
2013 64.70
2014 63.10
2015 65.00
2016 66.10
2017 69.60
2018 72.30
2019 73.20
2020 70.70

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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Chad was 60.40 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 61.80 in 2008, while its lowest value was 5.30 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/)

See also:

Year Value
2003 5.30
2004 11.70
2005 21.60
2006 39.20
2007 60.10
2008 61.80
2009 57.00
2010 56.10
2011 58.00
2012 54.70
2013 52.20
2014 51.50
2015 52.70
2016 55.90
2017 59.10
2018 58.90
2019 60.50
2020 60.40

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors