Government of British Columbia data on the number of services, patient counts, and total expenditures for medical and health practitioner services under the Fee-for-Service Medical Services Plan (MSP). The dataset covers five fiscal years from 2005-06 to 2009 10 and is broken down by patient gender and service code.
Use Cases
- Analyze gender disparities in healthcare service utilization based on patient counts and service volumes.
- Model healthcare expenditure trends over time based on fiscal year and total expenditure data.
- Profile the distribution of different medical service types based on service code categorization.
Strengths
- Data covers five consecutive fiscal years from 2005-06 to 2009-10.
- Published by the Government of British Columbia, an authoritative source.
- Includes three key metrics: service counts, patient counts, and total expenditures.
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 its 2005-2010 coverage.
Provenance
- Source
- Government of British Columbia
- Collection Method
- Fee-for-Service (MSP) billing and claims data.
- Time Range
- 2005-06 to 2009-10 fiscal years
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:27:36.380688; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- British Columbia, Canada