Children's Oral Health Utilization in Nova Scotia with Payment Metrics

Children's Oral Health Utilization reports on payments made by the Medical Services Insurance (MSI) to cover basic dental care for children in Nova Scotia. The dataset includes fields such as Year, Services Rendered, Amount Paid, Persons Insured, and Beneficiaries. It is provided by the Government of Nova Scotia and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in government dental care expenditure for children based on the 'Year' and 'Amount Paid' fields.
• Evaluating service utilization rates based on metrics like 'Services per Insured Person' and 'Services per Beneficiary'.
• Assessing program coverage and beneficiary reach using the 'Persons Insured' and 'Beneficiaries' counts.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative Government of Nova Scotia.
• Includes derived metrics for analysis, such as 'Services per Insured Person' and 'Paid per Beneficiary'.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats, including CSV and XML.

Limitations

• Row count and sample data are unavailable, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the province of Nova Scotia.

Provenance

Source

Government of Nova Scotia

Collection Method

Administrative records of payments made by MSI for basic dental care.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:28:09.764865.

Geography

Nova Scotia, Canada