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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Panama was 9.70 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 23.70 in 2003, while its lowest value was 9.70 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/)

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Year Value
2003 23.70
2004 22.00
2005 20.50
2006 20.10
2007 17.70
2008 16.60
2009 16.30
2010 14.30
2011 14.20
2012 14.60
2013 13.70
2014 12.10
2015 12.50
2016 11.50
2017 11.20
2018 10.00
2019 9.90
2020 9.70

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors