Alberta Health Services by Practitioner Type and Geographic Zone

Alberta Health publishes annual statistics on the number of services under the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan. The data is structured by practitioner type and Alberta Health Services geographic zones for both service and recipient locations. This table is an Excel version from the annual "Alberta Health Care Insurance Statistical Supplement" report.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of healthcare services based on practitioner type.
• Compare healthcare service volumes between different geographic zones.
• Assess disparities between service location and recipient location.
• Track annual trends in service provision under the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan.

Strengths

• Data is published annually by Alberta Health, providing a consistent time series.
• The dataset includes geographic breakdowns for both service and recipient locations.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last metadata update is dated 2026-04-17.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Collection Method

Administrative data from the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan.

Freshness

Annual publication; last metadata update 2026-04-17.

Geography

Alberta, Canada