Table 4

Breakdown of expenditure for 95 US Charitable organizations committed exclusively to surgical care in LMIC over 2007–2013 in 2014 US dollars

Type of surgeryTotal programme service expenses (Sum)Percentage of totalTotal management expenses (Sum)Percentage of totalService expense/total expense (Median)
Ophthalmology$1 146 905 574.0054.30$25 232 021.6727.720.903 736 607
Cleft Lip/palate$501 356 549.1023.40$27 124 232.8429.910.781 596 521
Mix$253 328 682.5011.93$18 558 637.9120.370.890 432 927
Orthopedics$74 106 734.522.65$2 988 617.995.660.851 596 868
Cardiac$59 824 911.092.83$5 198 179.025.740.857 549 949
Paediatric$38 866 267.741.84$1 852 283.994.870.837 718 153
Reconstructive$39 263 691.251.84$4 459 333.642.050.781 690 431
Obstetric fistula$18 275 700.710.87$1 935 357.542.140.817 607 482
Neurosurgery$116 048.070.01$11 283.360.010.884 690 813
Urology$2 944 251.580.14$843 406.300.940.715 213 402
ENT$460 631.720.02$106 003.330.120.996 284 445
Craniofacial$3 361 305.620.16$384 823.620.420.871 443 206
Burn$279 259.590.01$22 984.770.030.967 953 626
General$236 554.130.01$0.000.031
All$2 139 326 162.00100.00$88 717 165.99100.00
  • ENT, ear, nose and throat; LMIC, low and middle income countries.