Alberta Out-of-Country Health Services Program Application Statistics

Annual statistics on the status of applications to Alberta's Out-of-Country Health Services Program. The data compares applications for required medical services not available in Alberta that were reviewed by the program's committee or appeal panel. This table is an Excel version from the annual "Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Statistical Supplement" report published by Alberta Health.

Use Cases

• Analyze annual trends in application volumes based on the reported annual statistics.
• Compare approval and review outcomes based on the status of applications data.
• Study the demand for medical services unavailable in a specific region based on the description of required services not available in Alberta.

Strengths

• Data is published annually as part of an official government statistical supplement.
• Provides a comparison of statistics, likely facilitating year-over-year analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Collection Method

Extracted from the annual "Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Statistical Supplement" report.

Time Range

Annual coverage, specific years unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-02 12:43:24.862834; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Alberta, Canada, with services sought outside the province.