South Asia - 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 South Asia was 36.37 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 73.25 in 2003, while its lowest value was 36.37 in 2020.

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 73.25
2004 71.91
2005 73.23
2006 70.40
2007 68.90
2008 65.15
2009 62.38
2010 61.22
2011 54.47
2012 56.50
2013 54.04
2014 53.18
2015 49.11
2016 45.11
2017 42.31
2018 39.66
2019 38.28
2020 36.37

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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in South Asia was 27.23 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 64.73 in 2003, while its lowest value was 27.23 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 64.73
2004 63.07
2005 60.78
2006 58.92
2007 56.27
2008 54.17
2009 53.38
2010 50.35
2011 46.29
2012 46.69
2013 41.05
2014 38.67
2015 38.22
2016 36.24
2017 33.34
2018 30.56
2019 29.80
2020 27.23

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors