Table 4.

Conditions potentially treatable with surgery and care received among those aged at least 50 years in Nepal.

	n	%
Any surgical condition
50 - 59 years	129	(52)
60 - 69 years	92	(55)
≥70 years	52	(58)
Type of care received
Traditional healer	23	(8)
Minor	34	(13)
Major	72	(26)
If no care, why?
Care unaffordable	28	(25)
Not available	46	(41)
Fear or lack of trust	28	(25)
No time	11	(9)
Current surgical gap *
Patients	94	(58)

^*Current surgical gap represents patients who reported having a condition potentially treatable with surgery, not receiving care and reporting need. This excludes respondents who have seen a care provider about the condition and told that it does not require surgery. It also excludes those with a surgical condition but not perceived as one.