Proportion of population pushed below the $3.20 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure (%) - Country Ranking - South America
Definition: Proportion of population pushed below the $3.20 ($2011 PPP) poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure. This indicator shows the fraction of a country's households experiencing impoverishing expenditures, defined as expenditures without which the household would have been above the $3.20 poverty line, but because of the expenditures is below the poverty line.
Source: World Health Organization and World Bank. 2019. Global Monitoring Report on Financial Protection in Health 2019.
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| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paraguay | 1.80 | 2014 |
| 2 | Ecuador | 1.56 | 2013 |
| 3 | Argentina | 0.87 | 2004 |
| 4 | Colombia | 0.72 | 2016 |
| 5 | Brazil | 0.55 | 2017 |
| 6 | Suriname | 0.35 | 2016 |
| 7 | Bolivia | 0.33 | 2019 |
| 8 | Peru | 0.32 | 2019 |
| 9 | Uruguay | 0.00 | 2016 |
| 9 | Chile | 0.00 | 2016 |
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Development Relevance: Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is about ensuring that all people can access the health services they need – without facing financial hardship – is key to improving the well-being of a country’s population. UHC is also an investment in human capital and a foundational driver of inclusive and sustainable economic growth and development. UHC is a target associated with the Sustainable Development Goals (target 3.8), and it relates directly to Goal 3 (Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages) and to Goal 1 (End poverty in all its forms everywhere).
Statistical Concept and Methodology: Out-of-pocket payments are those made by people at the time of getting any type of service (preventive, curative, rehabilitative, palliative or long-term care) provided by any type of provider. They include cost-sharing (the part not covered by a third party like an insurer) and informal payments, but they exclude insurance premiums. Out-of-pocket payments exclude any reimbursement by a third party, such as the government, a health insurance fund or a private insurance company. Out-of-pocket payments are impoverishing at the $3.10 PL (PPP) for a household when consumption gross of out-of-pocket payments is higher than the $3.10 PL, but consumption net of out-of-pocket payments is lower than the 3.10 PL.
Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
