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 surgery | Total programme service expenses (Sum) | Percentage of total | Total management expenses (Sum) | Percentage of total | Service expense/total expense (Median) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ophthalmology | $1 146 905 574.00 | 54.30 | $25 232 021.67 | 27.72 | 0.903 736 607 |
| Cleft Lip/palate | $501 356 549.10 | 23.40 | $27 124 232.84 | 29.91 | 0.781 596 521 |
| Mix | $253 328 682.50 | 11.93 | $18 558 637.91 | 20.37 | 0.890 432 927 |
| Orthopedics | $74 106 734.52 | 2.65 | $2 988 617.99 | 5.66 | 0.851 596 868 |
| Cardiac | $59 824 911.09 | 2.83 | $5 198 179.02 | 5.74 | 0.857 549 949 |
| Paediatric | $38 866 267.74 | 1.84 | $1 852 283.99 | 4.87 | 0.837 718 153 |
| Reconstructive | $39 263 691.25 | 1.84 | $4 459 333.64 | 2.05 | 0.781 690 431 |
| Obstetric fistula | $18 275 700.71 | 0.87 | $1 935 357.54 | 2.14 | 0.817 607 482 |
| Neurosurgery | $116 048.07 | 0.01 | $11 283.36 | 0.01 | 0.884 690 813 |
| Urology | $2 944 251.58 | 0.14 | $843 406.30 | 0.94 | 0.715 213 402 |
| ENT | $460 631.72 | 0.02 | $106 003.33 | 0.12 | 0.996 284 445 |
| Craniofacial | $3 361 305.62 | 0.16 | $384 823.62 | 0.42 | 0.871 443 206 |
| Burn | $279 259.59 | 0.01 | $22 984.77 | 0.03 | 0.967 953 626 |
| General | $236 554.13 | 0.01 | $0.00 | 0.03 | 1 |
| All | $2 139 326 162.00 | 100.00 | $88 717 165.99 | 100.00 |
ENT, ear, nose and throat; LMIC, low and middle income countries.