Alberta Out-of-Province Basic Health Services Payments and Utilization

Alberta Health data details payments, service counts, and patient numbers for basic health services used by residents outside the province. The table is an Excel version from the annual Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Statistical Supplement report. It is published by the Government of Alberta, with a last update recorded in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in total payment amounts for out-of-province services over multiple fiscal years.
• Model the relationship between the number of discrete patients and the total number of services provided.
• Compare the distribution of payments across different service categories or patient demographics if columns are available.
• Forecast future budgetary requirements for the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan based on historical payment and service volume data.

Strengths

• Data is part of an official annual statistical report published by Alberta Health.
• Covers multiple key metrics: payments, service volume, and patient counts in a single table.

Limitations

• Specific column names, row counts, and data size are unknown.
• The temporal coverage and specific years of data are not provided in the input.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta, Alberta Health.

Collection Method

Administrative data from the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan (AHCIP).

Freshness

Updated annually, with a last update timestamp in 2026.

Geography

Alberta, Canada (focus on services used by Alberta residents outside the province).