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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Malta was 0.000 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 14 years was 0.100 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 2006.

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
2006 0.000
2007 0.100
2008 0.100
2009 0.100
2010 0.100
2011 0.100
2012 0.100
2013 0.000
2014 0.100
2015 0.100
2016 0.100
2017 0.100
2018 0.100
2019 0.000
2020 0.000

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors