BC Medical Services Expenditures by Patient Gender and Age Group, 2005-2010

Fee-for-service data from British Columbia's Medical Services Plan (MSP) covering fiscal years 2005-06 to 2009 10. It includes counts of services, patients, and total expenditures, broken down by patient gender and age group. The dataset is provided by the Government of British Columbia.

Use Cases

• Analyze gender-based disparities in healthcare service utilization based on patient counts and expenditures.
• Model age-related trends in medical expenditures based on the age group breakdown.
• Assess the financial impact of fee-for-service medical care over time based on the five-year fiscal range.

Strengths

• Covers five consecutive fiscal years (2005-06 to 2009-10).
• Provides three core metrics: service counts, patient counts, and total expenditures.
• Includes demographic breakdowns by patient gender and age group.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the 2005-2010 period.

Provenance

Source

Government of British Columbia

Collection Method

Administrative data from the Medical Services Plan (MSP) fee-for-service billing.

Time Range

Fiscal years 2005-06 to 2009-10

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:26:40.733150; freshness should be verified.

Geography

British Columbia, Canada