Catastrophic expenditure to pay for surgery worldwide: a modelling study  Dr Mark G Shrime, MD, Anna J Dare, MBChB, Blake C Alkire, MD, Kathleen O'Neill, BS, John G Meara, MD  The Lancet Global Health  Volume 3, Pages S38-S44 (April 2015) DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)70085-9 Copyright © 2015 Shrime et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY-NC-ND Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Risk of catastrophic expenditure if surgical care is necessary Red=high risk. Yellow=low risk. A risk of catastrophic expenditure of 0·5 means that, conditional on needing surgery, an individual has a 50% chance of going into financial catastrophe were he or she to get that surgery. The Lancet Global Health 2015 3, S38-S44DOI: (10.1016/S2214-109X(15)70085-9) Copyright © 2015 Shrime et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY-NC-ND Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Catastrophic expenditure by wealth quintile and national income group, conditional on seeking surgery * The Lancet Global Health 2015 3, S38-S44DOI: (10.1016/S2214-109X(15)70085-9) Copyright © 2015 Shrime et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY-NC-ND Terms and Conditions