Guinea-Bissau - 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 Guinea-Bissau was 81.20 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 86.90 in 2012, while its lowest value was 64.70 in 2005.

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 66.00
2004 66.90
2005 64.70
2006 71.10
2007 68.30
2008 73.50
2009 73.90
2010 75.50
2011 67.20
2012 86.90
2013 85.50
2014 85.10
2015 86.30
2016 85.80
2017 82.60
2018 82.10
2019 83.30
2020 81.20

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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Guinea-Bissau was 61.40 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 72.30 in 2014, while its lowest value was 61.40 in 2020.

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 64.30
2004 68.40
2005 66.50
2006 69.10
2007 67.20
2008 68.20
2009 67.60
2010 67.80
2011 65.80
2012 71.40
2013 70.00
2014 72.30
2015 70.30
2016 69.40
2017 64.30
2018 63.10
2019 63.80
2020 61.40

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors