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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 United States was 0.000 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.162 in 2012 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 2002.

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
1995 0.024
1996 0.022
1997 0.015
1998 0.018
2000 0.002
2001 0.000
2002 0.000
2003 0.000
2004 0.000
2005 0.001
2006 0.000
2007 0.001
2008 0.001
2009 0.001
2010 0.000
2011 0.000
2012 0.162
2013 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 United States was 0.000 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.085 in 2012 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 2002.

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
1995 0.013
1996 0.011
1997 0.008
1998 0.010
2000 0.001
2001 0.000
2002 0.000
2003 0.000
2004 0.000
2005 0.000
2006 0.000
2007 0.001
2008 0.001
2009 0.001
2010 0.000
2011 0.000
2012 0.085
2013 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 United States was 0.000 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.013 in 2001, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 1996.

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
1996 0.000
1997 0.000
1998 0.000
1999 0.003
2000 0.002
2001 0.013
2002 0.000
2003 0.000
2004 0.000
2005 0.000
2006 0.000
2008 0.001
2009 0.005
2011 0.001
2012 0.001
2013 0.000
2014 0.000
2015 0.000
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 United States was 0.000 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.170 in 2012 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 2002.

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
1995 0.073
1996 0.071
1997 0.087
1998 0.078
2000 0.004
2001 0.002
2002 0.000
2003 0.000
2004 0.001
2005 0.003
2006 0.000
2007 0.002
2008 0.002
2009 0.002
2010 0.003
2011 0.002
2012 0.170
2013 0.000

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 United States was 0.000 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.053 in 2012 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 2002.

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
1995 0.023
1996 0.022
1997 0.027
1998 0.025
2000 0.001
2001 0.001
2002 0.000
2003 0.000
2004 0.000
2005 0.001
2006 0.000
2007 0.001
2008 0.000
2009 0.001
2010 0.001
2011 0.001
2012 0.053
2013 0.000

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 United States was 0.001 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 0.003 in 2005, while its lowest value was 0.000 in 1996.

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
1996 0.000
1997 0.000
1998 0.000
1999 0.001
2000 0.000
2001 0.000
2002 0.000
2003 0.000
2004 0.002
2005 0.003
2006 0.000
2008 0.002
2009 0.000
2011 0.001
2012 0.003
2013 0.000
2014 0.000
2015 0.000
2016 0.001

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 United States was 4.31 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 6.32 in 2002, while its lowest value was 4.31 in 2019.

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
1996 5.94
1997 6.03
1998 5.99
1999 6.05
2000 5.94
2001 5.82
2002 6.32
2003 5.79
2004 5.58
2005 5.67
2006 5.42
2008 4.56
2009 4.70
2011 4.72
2012 4.99
2013 4.77
2014 4.90
2015 4.40
2016 4.47
2019 4.31

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 United States was 0.76 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 1.08 in 2000, while its lowest value was 0.66 in 2016.

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
1996 0.91
1997 0.81
1998 0.97
1999 1.04
2000 1.08
2001 1.01
2002 0.99
2003 0.95
2004 0.89
2005 0.97
2006 0.82
2008 0.72
2009 0.73
2011 0.85
2012 0.86
2013 0.78
2014 0.74
2015 0.77
2016 0.66
2019 0.76

UHC service coverage index

The latest value for UHC service coverage index in United States was 83.00 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 83.00 in 2019 and 76.00 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 76.00
2005 79.00
2010 80.00
2015 81.00
2017 82.00
2019 83.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Universal Health Coverage