Bangladesh - 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 Bangladesh was 55.30 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 79.10 in 2004, while its lowest value was 55.30 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 77.60
2004 79.10
2005 76.50
2006 78.70
2007 74.90
2008 71.50
2009 73.00
2010 73.90
2011 68.50
2012 70.20
2013 69.50
2014 68.40
2015 65.90
2016 64.30
2017 65.90
2018 60.50
2019 56.60
2020 55.30

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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Bangladesh was 43.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 80.60 in 2004, while its lowest value was 43.80 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 79.80
2004 80.60
2005 77.10
2006 77.00
2007 71.90
2008 69.10
2009 69.30
2010 68.90
2011 64.90
2012 65.30
2013 62.70
2014 61.10
2015 57.80
2016 56.80
2017 54.50
2018 48.70
2019 45.80
2020 43.80

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors