Fragile and conflict affected situations - Affordability of health care

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

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
2012 54.21
2013 50.91
2014 52.41
2015 51.40
2018 50.30

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

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
2012 46.57
2013 44.05
2014 44.69
2015 43.65
2018 42.53

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors