Top Ten Prescribed Drugs in British Columbia by Beneficiary Count, 2010-11

2010-11 data from the Government of British Columbia listing the ten most commonly prescribed drugs in the province, ranked by the number of distinct PharmaCare beneficiaries. The dataset is presented in tabular format and was last updated in April 2026. It originates from the open_canada platform under the OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Use Cases

• Ranking drug popularity based on beneficiary count mentioned in the description
• Analyzing provincial pharmaceutical spending trends for top prescribed drugs
• Benchmarking prescription patterns for public health reporting

Strengths

• Data is sourced from a provincial government authority, the Government of British Columbia
• Covers a specific fiscal year (2010-11) for temporal analysis
• Last updated on 2026 04 17, indicating metadata maintenance

Limitations

• Row count and specific column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single Canadian province and year

Provenance

Source

Government of British Columbia

Collection Method

Likely compiled from provincial PharmaCare prescription claims data

Time Range

2010-11

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:28:00.368736

Geography

British Columbia, Canada