Lancet Commission on Global Surgery 2030 Indicators and Goals5
| Indicator | Description | 2030 Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Access to timely essential surgery | Proportion of the population that can access, within 2 hours, a facility that can do cesarean delivery, laparotomy, and treatment of open fracture | At least 80% coverage per country |
| Specialist surgical workforce density | Number of specialist surgical, anesthetic, and obstetric physicians who are working, per 100,000 population | 100% of countries with at least 20 surgical, anesthetic, and obstetric physicians per 100,000 population |
| Surgical volume | Procedures done in an operating theater, per 100,000 population per year | 100% of countries with a minimum 5,000 procedures per 100,000 population |
| Perioperative mortality | All-cause death rate before discharge in patients who have undergone a procedure in an operating theater, divided by the total number of procedures, presented as a percentage | 100% countries tracking perioperative mortality |
| Protection against impoverishing expenditure | Proportion of households protected against impoverishment from direct out-of-pocket payments for surgical and anesthesia care | 100% protection against impoverishment from out-of-pocket payments for surgical and anesthesia care |
| Protection against catastrophic expenditure | Proportion of households protected against catastrophic expenditure from direct out-of-pocket payment for surgical and anesthesia care | 100% protection against catastrophic expenditure from out-of-pocket payments for surgical and anesthesia care |