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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in China was 6.10 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 50.30 in 2003, while its lowest value was 6.10 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 50.30
2004 47.00
2005 43.40
2006 40.30
2007 36.60
2008 35.10
2009 30.80
2010 28.10
2011 23.90
2012 20.60
2013 15.10
2014 14.20
2015 11.40
2016 10.20
2017 9.30
2018 7.40
2019 6.70
2020 6.10

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors