IDA blend - 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 IDA blend was 46.90 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 63.21 in 2003, while its lowest value was 43.17 in 2019.

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 63.21
2004 58.89
2007 57.23
2008 60.34
2009 61.26
2010 60.39
2011 58.48
2012 55.23
2013 52.29
2014 53.11
2015 50.89
2016 51.15
2017 48.35
2018 44.55
2019 43.17
2020 46.90

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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in IDA blend was 31.70 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 46.15 in 2003, while its lowest value was 29.24 in 2019.

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 46.15
2004 44.95
2007 39.37
2008 41.18
2009 43.28
2010 42.07
2011 41.62
2012 40.34
2013 37.98
2014 37.34
2015 36.08
2016 36.74
2017 34.70
2018 31.33
2019 29.24
2020 31.70

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors