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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Cyprus was 0.100 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 16 years was 1.000 in 2013, while its lowest value was 0.100 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/)

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Year Value
2004 0.100
2005 0.100
2006 0.200
2007 0.200
2008 0.200
2009 0.200
2010 0.100
2011 0.200
2012 0.400
2013 1.000
2014 0.600
2015 0.400
2016 0.300
2017 0.200
2018 0.100
2019 0.100
2020 0.100

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors