From fiscal years 2001-02 to 2009-00, this dataset provides counts of practitioners, median age, total services, expenditures, average days, and average patients per physician for Fee-for-Service (MSP) billing in British Columbia. It is published by the Government of British Columbia on the open_canada platform.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in physician supply and median age based on medical specialty.
- Model healthcare expenditure patterns based on total services and fee-for-service billing.
- Compare physician activity levels based on average number of days and patients per physician.
Strengths
- Data covers nine fiscal years from 2001-02 to 2009-00.
- Includes multiple metrics: practitioner counts, median age, services, expenditures, days, and patients.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Government of British Columbia
- Collection Method
- Likely derived from Fee-for-Service (MSP) billing data.
- Time Range
- Fiscal years 2001-02 to 2009-00
- Geography
- British Columbia, Canada