Alberta Health publishes annual statistics on the number of full-time equivalent physicians by specialty. The data is derived from fee-for-service payments under the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan (AHCIP). This Excel table is part of the annual "Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Statistical Supplement" report.
Use Cases
- Analyze physician workforce distribution across medical specialties based on specialty categories mentioned in the description
- Monitor changes in healthcare provider capacity over time based on annual publication
- Compare specialty-specific physician supply metrics based on fee-for-service payment data
Strengths
- Data is published annually by Alberta Health, providing a consistent time series
- Derived from fee-for-service payments under the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan, a concrete administrative source
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 geographic bias inherent to open_canada as it covers only Alberta
Provenance
- Source
- Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
- Collection Method
- Based on fee-for-service payments under the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan (AHCIP)
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 14:51:48.100948; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Alberta, Canada