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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Vietnam was 19.10 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 63.60 in 2003, while its lowest value was 19.10 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 63.60
2004 59.20
2005 57.50
2006 53.60
2007 49.30
2008 47.60
2009 44.80
2010 45.10
2011 44.30
2012 39.40
2013 36.30
2014 34.80
2015 30.90
2016 29.70
2017 26.30
2018 24.90
2019 22.50
2020 19.10

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors