Alberta Non-Group Supplementary Health Coverage Recipients and Payments

Annual statistics from the Alberta Health Care Insurance Statistical Supplement detail recipients and net payments for non-group supplementary health plans. The data is categorized by coverage category, level of premium payment, and type of service, covering prescribed drugs and selected health services funded by Alberta Health and administered by Alberta Blue Cross.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of discrete recipients across coverage categories to assess program reach.
• Model net payment amounts by type of service to forecast budgetary requirements.
• Compare net payment trends by level of premium payment to evaluate subsidy structures.

Strengths

• Data is published annually by Alberta Health, providing consistent time series.
• Covers administratively complete population data for Alberta's non-group supplementary health plans.
• Includes distinct analytical dimensions: coverage category, premium payment level, and service type.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, column details, and sample data are unavailable for assessing dataset scale and structure.
• Limited to the province of Alberta, reducing generalizability to other regions.
• Data is provided in Excel and HTML formats, which may require conversion for programmatic analysis.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta, from the Alberta Health Care Insurance Statistical Supplement.

Collection Method

Administrative data from health plans funded by Alberta Health and administered by Alberta Blue Cross.

Time Range

Annual coverage, specific years not stated.

Freshness

Updated annually; last update recorded as March 2026.

Geography

Province of Alberta, Canada.