Top 50 Health Service Codes for Non-Resident Patients in Alberta

Alberta health care facilities provide statistics on the top 50 health service codes used for patients who are not Alberta residents. This Excel table is derived from the annual Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Statistical Supplement report published by Alberta Health. The dataset was last updated on April 17, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the most common medical services provided to non-residents based on health service code frequency.
• Benchmark interprovincial healthcare service utilization against resident patient data.
• Support policy decisions on reciprocal billing agreements between provinces.
• Identify high-cost or high-volume service areas for non-resident patients.

Strengths

• Focuses on the top 50 most frequent health service codes, providing a curated view of high-impact services.
• Data originates from an official annual statistical report published by Alberta Health.
• Available in Excel format, which is widely accessible for analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 14:42:06.054190; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Alberta, Canada