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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Croatia was 0.100 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 0.400 in 2014, while its lowest value was 0.100 in 2017.

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
2009 0.400
2010 0.400
2011 0.300
2012 0.400
2013 0.300
2014 0.400
2015 0.200
2016 0.200
2017 0.100
2018 0.100
2019 0.100
2020 0.100

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors