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Financial protection is at the core of universal health coverage (UHC) and one of the final coverage goals. Health financing policy directly affects financial protection. Inadequate financial protection mechanisms in health lead to financial hardship due to out-of-pocket health spending and financial barriers to access health care. This page includes SDG and SDG related indicators of financial hardship such as SDG indicator 3.8.2 on catastrophic health spending as well as indicators showing to what extent out-of-pocket health spending contributes to poverty.
Key to protecting people is to ensure prepayment and pooling of resources for health, rather than relying on people paying for health services out-of-pocket at the time of use.
Catastrophic out-of-pocket health spending indicators
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Financial hardship: population with household expenditures on health greater than 10% of total household expenditure or income (SDG 3.8.2) (%, national, rural, urban) -
Financial hardship: population with household expenditures on health greater than 10% of total household expenditure or income (SDG 3.8.2) (%, regional, global total)
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Financial hardship: population with household expenditures on health greater than 10% of total household expenditure or income (SDG indicator 3.8.2) (millions, global, regional total)
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Financial hardship: population with household expenditures on health greater than 25% of total household expenditure or income (SDG indicator 3.8.2) (%, national, rural, urban)
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Financial hardship: population with household expenditures on health greater than 25% of total household expenditure or income ( SDG indicator 3.8.2) (%, regional, global total)
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Financial hardship: population with household expenditures on health greater than 25% of total household expenditure or income (SDG indicator 3.8.2) (millions, regional, global total)
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Households with out-of-pocket payments greater than 40% of capacity to pay for health care (food, housing and utilities approach - developed by WHO/Europe) (%, national)
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Financial hardship: population pushed below the $1.90 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (%, national, rural, urban)
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Financial hardship: population pushed below the $1.90 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (%, regional, global total)
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Financial hardship: population pushed below the $1.90 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (millions, regional, global total)
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Financial hardship: population pushed below the $2.15 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (%, national, rural, urban)
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Financial hardship: population pushed below the $2.15 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (%, regional, global total)
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Financial hardship: population pushed below the $2.15 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (millions, regional, global total)
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Financial hardship: population pushed below the $3.20 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (%, national, rural, urban)
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Financial hardship: population pushed below the $3.20 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (%, regional, global total)
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Financial hardship: population pushed below the $3.20 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (millions, regional, global total)
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Financial hardship: population pushed below the $3.65 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (%, national, rural, urban)
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Financial hardship: population pushed below the $3.65 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (%, regional, global total)
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Financial hardship: population pushed below the $3.65 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (millions, regional, global total)
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Financial hardship: population pushed below a relative poverty line by household health expenditures - 60% of median daily per capita consumption or income (%, national, rural, urban)
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Financial hardship: population pushed below a relative poverty line by household health expenditures - 60% of median daily per capita consumption or income (%, regional, global total)
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Financial hardship: population pushed below a relative poverty line by household health expenditures - 60% of median daily per capita consumption or income (millions, regional, global total)
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Financial hardship: Households impoverished by out-of-pocket payments (relative poverty line reflecting basic needs: food, housing, utilities - developed by WHO/Europe) (%, national)
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Financial hardship: population pushed further below the $1.90 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (%, national, rural, urban)
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Financial hardship: total population pushed further below the $1.90 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (%, regional, global)
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Financial hardship: total population pushed further below the $1.90 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (millions, regional, global)
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Financial hardship: population pushed further below the $2.15 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (%, national, rural, urban)
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Financial hardship: total population pushed further below the $2.15 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (%, regional,global)
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Financial hardship: population pushed further below the $2.15 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (millions, regional, global total)
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Financial hardship: population pushed further below the $3.20 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (%, national, rural, urban)
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Financial hardship: total population pushed further below the $3.20 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (%, regional, global)
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Financial hardship: total population pushed further below the $3.20 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (millions, regional, global)
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Financial hardship: population pushed further below the $3.65 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (%, national, rural, urban)
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Financial hardship: total population pushed further below the $3.65 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (%, regional, global)
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Financial hardship: total population pushed further below the $3.65 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (millions, regional, global)
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Financial hardship: population pushed further below a relative poverty line by household health expenditures - 60% of median daily per capita consumption or income (%, national, rural, urban)
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Financial hardship: population pushed further below a relative poverty line by household health expenditures - 60% of median daily per capita consumption or income (%, regional, global total)
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Financial hardship: population pushed further below a relative poverty line by household health expenditures - 60% of median daily per capita consumption or income (millions, regional, global)
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Financial hardship: households further impoverished by out-of-pocket payments (relative poverty line reflecting basic needs: food, housing, utilities - developed by WHO/Europe) (%, national)
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Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (reflecting basic needs: food, housing, utilities - developed by WHO/Europe) by out-of-pocket payments (%, national)
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Financial hardship: increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of the $1.90 a-day poverty line (%, national, rural, urban)
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Financial hardship: increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of the $2.15 a-day poverty line (%, national, rural, urban)
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Financial hardship: increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of the $ 3.20 a-day poverty line (%, national, rural, urban)
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Financial hardship: increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of the $3.65 a-day poverty line (%, national, rural, urban)
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Financial hardship: increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of a relative poverty line - 60% of median daily per capita consumption or income (%, national, rural, urban)
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