Sweden - 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 Sweden was 0.100 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.300 in 2008, while its lowest value was 0.100 in 2003.

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 0.100
2004 0.100
2005 0.200
2006 0.100
2007 0.200
2008 0.300
2009 0.200
2010 0.200
2011 0.100
2012 0.100
2013 0.200
2014 0.100
2015 0.200
2016 0.200
2017 0.100
2018 0.100
2019 0.100
2020 0.100

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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Sweden was 0.000 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.000 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 2003.

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 0.000
2004 0.000
2005 0.000
2006 0.000
2007 0.000
2008 0.000
2009 0.000
2010 0.000
2011 0.000
2012 0.000
2013 0.000
2014 0.000
2015 0.000
2016 0.000
2017 0.000
2018 0.000
2019 0.000
2020 0.000

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors