Romania - Access to affordable health care

Increase in poverty gap at $1.90 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line due to out-of-pocket health care expenditure (USD)

The value for Increase in poverty gap at $1.90 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line due to out-of-pocket health care expenditure (USD) in Romania was 0.000 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.166 in 2000 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 2007.

Definition: Increase in poverty gap at $1.90 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line due to out-of-pocket health care expenditure, expressed in US dollars (2011 PPP). The poverty gap increase due to out-of-pocket health spending is one way to measure how much out-of-pocket health spending pushes people below or further below the poverty line (the difference in the poverty gap due to out-of-pocket health spending being included or excluded from the measure of household welfare). This difference corresponds to the total out-of-pocket health spending for households that are already below the poverty line, to the amount that exceeds the shortfall between the poverty line and total consumption for households that are impoverished by out-of-pocket health spending and to zero for households whose consumption is above the poverty line after accounting for out-of-pocket health spending.

Source: World Health Organization and World Bank. 2019. Global Monitoring Report on Financial Protection in Health 2019.

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Year Value
1998 0.061
1999 0.130
2000 0.166
2001 0.084
2002 0.106
2003 0.079
2004 0.047
2005 0.036
2006 0.031
2007 0.000
2008 0.000
2009 0.000
2010 0.000
2011 0.000
2012 0.000
2013 0.000
2016 0.000

Increase in poverty gap at $1.90 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line due to out-of-pocket health care expenditure (% of poverty line)

The value for Increase in poverty gap at $1.90 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line due to out-of-pocket health care expenditure (% of poverty line) in Romania was 0.000 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.087 in 2000 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 2007.

Definition: Increase in poverty gap at $1.90 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line due to out-of-pocket health care expenditure, as a percentage of the $1.90 poverty line. The poverty gap increase due to out-of-pocket health spending is one way to measure how much out-of-pocket health spending pushes people below or further below the poverty line (the difference in the poverty gap due to out-of-pocket health spending being included or excluded from the measure of household welfare). This difference corresponds to the total out-of-pocket health spending for households that are already below the poverty line, to the amount that exceeds the shortfall between the poverty line and total consumption for households that are impoverished by out-of-pocket health spending and to zero for households whose consumption is above the poverty line after accounting for out-of-pocket health spending.

Source: World Health Organization and World Bank. 2019. Global Monitoring Report on Financial Protection in Health 2019.

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Year Value
1998 0.032
1999 0.068
2000 0.087
2001 0.044
2002 0.056
2003 0.042
2004 0.025
2005 0.019
2006 0.016
2007 0.000
2008 0.000
2009 0.000
2010 0.000
2011 0.000
2012 0.000
2013 0.000
2016 0.000

Proportion of population pushed below the $1.90 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure (%)

Proportion of population pushed below the $1.90 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure (%) in Romania was 0.000 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 0.338 in 2006, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 2007.

Definition: Proportion of population pushed below the $1.90 ($ 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 $ 1.90 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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Year Value
1998 0.139
1999 0.315
2000 0.277
2001 0.183
2002 0.179
2003 0.179
2004 0.289
2005 0.146
2006 0.338
2007 0.000
2008 0.000
2009 0.000
2010 0.000
2011 0.000
2012 0.000
2013 0.000
2015 0.051
2016 0.000

Increase in poverty gap at $3.20 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line due to out-of-pocket health care expenditure (USD)

The value for Increase in poverty gap at $3.20 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line due to out-of-pocket health care expenditure (USD) in Romania was 0.25 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.19 in 1999 and a minimum value of 0.17 in 2012.

Definition: Increase in poverty gap at $3.20 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line due to out-of-pocket health care expenditure, expressed in US dollars (2011 PPP). The poverty gap increase due to out-of-pocket health spending is one way to measure how much out-of-pocket health spending pushes people below or further below the poverty line (the difference in the poverty gap due to out-of-pocket health spending being included or excluded from the measure of household welfare). This difference corresponds to the total out-of-pocket health spending for households that are already below the poverty line, to the amount that exceeds the shortfall between the poverty line and total consumption for households that are impoverished by out-of-pocket health spending and to zero for households whose consumption is above the poverty line after accounting for out-of-pocket health spending.

Source: World Health Organization and World Bank. 2019. Global Monitoring Report on Financial Protection in Health 2019.

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Year Value
1998 0.78
1999 1.19
2000 1.16
2001 0.87
2002 0.94
2003 0.89
2004 0.82
2005 0.66
2006 0.62
2007 0.45
2008 0.19
2009 0.19
2010 0.32
2011 0.21
2012 0.17
2013 0.17
2016 0.25

Increase in poverty gap at $3.20 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line due to out-of-pocket health care expenditure (% of poverty line)

The value for Increase in poverty gap at $3.20 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line due to out-of-pocket health care expenditure (% of poverty line) in Romania was 0.077 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.371 in 1999 and a minimum value of 0.052 in 2012.

Definition: Increase in poverty gap at $3.20 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line due to out-of-pocket health care expenditure, as a percentage of the $3.20 poverty line. The poverty gap increase due to out-of-pocket health spending is one way to measure how much out-of-pocket health spending pushes people below or further below the poverty line (the difference in the poverty gap due to out-of-pocket health spending being included or excluded from the measure of household welfare). This difference corresponds to the total out-of-pocket health spending for households that are already below the poverty line, to the amount that exceeds the shortfall between the poverty line and total consumption for households that are impoverished by out-of-pocket health spending and to zero for households whose consumption is above the poverty line after accounting for out-of-pocket health spending.

Source: World Health Organization and World Bank. 2019. Global Monitoring Report on Financial Protection in Health 2019.

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Year Value
1998 0.244
1999 0.371
2000 0.362
2001 0.273
2002 0.295
2003 0.279
2004 0.256
2005 0.207
2006 0.192
2007 0.140
2008 0.060
2009 0.060
2010 0.100
2011 0.065
2012 0.052
2013 0.052
2016 0.077

Proportion of population pushed below the $3.20 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure (%)

Proportion of population pushed below the $3.20 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure (%) in Romania was 0.43 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 2.03 in 2015, while its lowest value was 0.18 in 2013.

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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Year Value
1998 0.95
1999 1.27
2000 1.38
2001 0.99
2002 1.01
2003 1.05
2004 0.91
2005 0.89
2006 0.75
2007 0.60
2008 0.28
2009 0.40
2010 0.41
2011 0.32
2012 0.26
2013 0.18
2015 2.03
2016 0.43

Proportion of population spending more than 10% of household consumption or income on out-of-pocket health care expenditure (%)

Proportion of population spending more than 10% of household consumption or income on out-of-pocket health care expenditure (%) in Romania was 13.42 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 13.95 in 2015, while its lowest value was 5.87 in 1998.

Definition: Proportion of population spending more than 10% of household consumption or income on out-of-pocket health care expenditure.

Source: World Health Organization and World Bank. 2019. Global Monitoring Report on Financial Protection in Health 2019.

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Year Value
1998 5.87
1999 6.93
2000 7.03
2001 7.00
2002 7.61
2003 7.95
2004 9.62
2005 10.06
2006 10.62
2007 10.57
2008 11.48
2009 12.15
2010 12.26
2011 13.02
2012 11.99
2013 12.55
2015 13.95
2016 13.42

Proportion of population spending more than 25% of household consumption or income on out-of-pocket health care expenditure (%)

Proportion of population spending more than 25% of household consumption or income on out-of-pocket health care expenditure (%) in Romania was 2.19 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 2.70 in 2009, while its lowest value was 1.02 in 1998.

Definition: Proportion of population spending more than 25% of household consumption or income on out-of-pocket health care expenditure.

Source: World Health Organization and World Bank. 2019. Global Monitoring Report on Financial Protection in Health 2019.

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Year Value
1998 1.02
1999 1.18
2000 1.20
2001 1.26
2002 1.55
2003 1.46
2004 2.07
2005 2.41
2006 2.44
2007 2.42
2008 2.36
2009 2.70
2010 2.60
2011 2.39
2012 2.29
2013 2.01
2015 2.47
2016 2.19

UHC service coverage index

The latest value for UHC service coverage index in Romania was 71.00 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 71.00 in 2019 and 67.00 in 2000.

Definition: Coverage index for essential health services (based on tracer interventions that include reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, infectious diseases, noncommunicable diseases and service capacity and access). It is presented on a scale of 0 to 100.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (https://www.who.int/data/gho).

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Year Value
2000 67.00
2005 69.00
2010 69.00
2015 71.00
2017 71.00
2019 71.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Universal Health Coverage