Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in United States
United States: Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care was 0.2% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in United States, 2003–2022
Source: Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC), Harvard Medical School. Measured in % of people at risk.
Analysis
In 2022, risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in United States stood at 0.2%. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in United States peaked at 0.5% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2021.
United States ranks 110th of 134 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in United States, year by year
| Year | % of people at risk | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.5% | — |
| 2004 | 0.4% | -20.0% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | +25.0% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | -20.0% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | -25.0% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | +33.3% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | +25.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | -20.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | -25.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | -33.3% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 0.2% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.1%, 2.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 3 |
Countries ranked near United States
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Frequently asked questions
- What is risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in United States?
- Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in United States was 0.2% in 2022, according to Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC), Harvard Medical School.
- What is the highest risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2003.
- What is the lowest risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2021.
- How does United States rank for risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care?
- United States ranks 110th out of 134 countries with data for 2022.
- Is risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States data come from?
- The figures come from Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC), Harvard Medical School, published as part of Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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 $2.15 PPP/day).