Utilization and Payments to the IWK Dental Academic Funding Plan

The IWK Dental Academic Funding Plan provides coverage for pediatric dentistry services at the IWK Health Centre for eligible Nova Scotia residents. It includes data on fiscal year, amount paid, beneficiaries, and services rendered across programs like Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Cleft Palate/Craniofacial care. The dataset is published by the Government of Nova Scotia and was last updated on 2026-04-17.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in government expenditure based on the 'Amount Paid' and 'Fiscal Year' fields.
• Study service utilization patterns across different pediatric dental programs mentioned in the description.
• Calculate average cost and service volume per patient using 'Paid per Beneficiary' and 'Services Per Beneficiary'.
• Compare the scale of different clinical services using the 'Services Rendered' breakdown fields.

Strengths

• Data is broken down by specific pediatric dental programs, including Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Cleft Palate/Craniofacial care.
• Includes multiple metrics for analysis, such as 'Amount Paid', 'Beneficiaries', and 'Services Per Beneficiary'.
• Published under the open OGL-CA-2.0 license, facilitating reuse.

Limitations

• Row count and total data volume are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its origin in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Provenance

Source

Government of Nova Scotia

Time Range

Coverage is organized by 'Fiscal Year', but the specific range is not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:29:28.220454; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Nova Scotia, Canada