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ARCHIVED - Canada Health Act Annual Report 2004-2005

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British Columbia

Registered Persons
  1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004-2005
1. Number as of March 31st (#). 3,785,150 3,804,133 3,981,617 4,019,744 4,084,463
Insured Hospital Services Within Own Province or Territory
Public Facilities 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004-2005
2. Number (#): 1
a. acute care
b. chronic care
c. rehabilitative car
d. other
e. total
94
17
3
25
139
94
18
3
25
140
94
18
3
25
140
92
18
3
25
138
92
18
3
24
137
3. Payments ($): 2
a. acute care
b. chronic care
c. rehabilitative car
d. other
e. total
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
Private For-Profit Facilities 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004-2005 3
4. Number (#):
a. surgical facilities
b. diagnostic imaging facilities
c. total
1
not avail.

1
1
not avail.

1
1
not avail.

1
1
not avail.

1
11
0

11
5. Number of insured hospital services provided (#): 4
a. surgical facilities
b. diagnostic imaging facilities
c. total


810
not avail.

810


634
not avail.

634


689
not avail.

689


612
not avail.

612


not avail. 5
not avail.

not avail.
6. Payments ($):
a. surgical facilities
b. diagnostic imaging facilities
c. total
558,000
not avail.

558,000
348,700
not avail.

348,700
353,100
not avail.

353,100
358,600
not avail.

358,600
1,470,370
not avail.

1,470,370
Insured Physician Services Within Own Province or Territory
  1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004-2005
7. Number of participating physicians (#):
a. general practitioners
b. specialists
c. other
d. total

4,277
3,268
0
7,545

4,359
3,297
0
7,656

4,430
3,380
0
7,810

4,471
3,421
0
7,892

4,573
3,510
0
8,083
8. Number of opted-out physicians (#):
a. general practitioners
b. specialists
c. other
d. total

4
10
0
14

3
5
0
8

3
3
0
6

3
3
0
6

3
2
0
5
9. Number of not participating
physicians (#):
a. general practitioners
b. specialists
c. other
d. total

1
0
0
1

1
0
0
1

1
0
0
1

1
0
0
1

1
0
0
1
10. Number of services provided through fee for service (#):
a. general practitioners
b. specialists
c. other
d. total

22,942,977
32,791,108
N/A
55,734,085

23,037,717
34,565,990
N/A
57,603,707

22,786,171
36,207,479
N/A
58,993,650

23,099,256
38,541,400
N/A
61,640,656

23,930,105
39,828,847
N/A
63,758,952
11. Total payments to physicians paid through fee for service ($):
a. general practitioners
b. specialists
c. other
d. total


658,975,987
933,134,582
N/A
1,592,110,569


665,989,273
969,589,022
N/A
1,635,578,295


720,487,209
1,076,322,482
N/A
1,796,809,691


749,875,492
1,154,109,934
N/A
1,903,985,426


772,938,345
1,193,934,257
N/A
1,966,872,602
12. Average payment per fee for service service ($):
a. general practitioners
b. specialists
c. other
d. all services

28.72
28.46
N/A
28.57

28.91
28.05
N/A
28.39

31.62
29.73
N/A
30.46

32.46
29.94
N/A
30.89

32.30
29.98
N/A
30.85
13. Number of services provided through all payment methods (#): 6
a. medical
b. surgical
c. diagnostic
d. other
e. total


25,129,877
4,431,716
26,172,492
N/A
55,734,085


25,201,483
4,417,069
27,985,155
N/A
57,603,707


24,994,070
4,317,461
29,682,119
N/A
58,993,650


25,423,944
4,393,613
31,823,099
N/A
61,640,656


25,921,437
4,520,151
33,317,364
N/A
63,758,952
14. Total payments to physicians paid through all payment methods ($): 6
a. medical
b. surgical
c. diagnostic
d. other
e. total


928,286,068
250,524,151
413,300,350
N/A
1,592,110,569


942,736,513
252,828,480
440,013,302
N/A
1,635,578,295


1,025,581,421
279,710,272
491,517,998
N/A
1,796,809,691


1,068,441,470
296,852,610
538,691,346
N/A
1,903,985,426


1,093,491,339
307,627,814
307,627,814
N/A
1,966,872,602
15. Average payment per service, all payment methods ($): 6
a. medical
b. surgical
c. diagnostic
d. other
e. all services


36.94
56.53
15.79
N/A
28.57


37.41
57.24
15.72
N/A
28.39


41.03
64.78
16.56
N/A
30.46


42.03
67.56
16.93
N/A
30.89


42.18
68.06
16.98
N/A
30.85
Insured Services Provided to Residents in Another Province or Territory
Hospitals 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004-2005
16. Total number of claims, in-patient (#). 7,231 ,113 8,113 7,618 7,294
17. Total number of claims, out-patient (#). 70,070 83,765 80,732 83,152 81,911
18. Total payments, in-patient ($). 34,477,406 35,882,521 40,898,996 40,195,515 45,318,174
19. Total payments, out-patient ($). 9,585,916 9,149,496 10,604,141 11,223,254 11,105,322
20. Average payment, in-patient ($). 4,768.00 4,422.84 5,041.17 5,276.39 6,213.08
21. Average payment, out-patient ($). 136.80 109.23 131.35 134.97 135.58
Physicians 7 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004-2005
22. Number of services (#). 552,822 579,390 543,210 625,939 647,761
23. Total payments ($). 17,016,961 18,541,081 18,934,857 22,687,705 24,151,538
24. Average payment per service ($). 30.78 32.00 34.86 36.25 37.28
Insured Services Provided Outside Canada
Hospitals 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004-2005
25. Total number of claims, in-patient (#). 2,494 2,097 1,964 1,795 1,970
26. Total number of claims, out-patient (#). 324 720 637 949 611
27. Total payments, in-patient ($). 5,375,289 6,463,676 9,246,228 2,294,341 2,365,051
28. Total payments, out-patient ($). 65,137 134,789 119,928 543,969 294,712
29. Average payment, in-patient ($). 2,155.29 3,082.34 4,707.86 1,278.18 1,200.53
30. Average payment, out-patient ($). 201.04 187.21 188.27 573.20 482.34
Physicians 8 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004-2005
31. Number of services (#). 77,424 77,973 71,940 71,377 57,093
32. Total payments ($). 3,485,618 3,281,934 3,013,045 3,083,949 2,458,027
33. Average payment per service ($). 45.02 42.09 41.88 43.21 43.05
Insured Surgical-Dental Services Within Own Province or Territory
  1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004-2005
34. Number of particpating dentists (#). 272 283 275 249 243
35. Number of services provided (#). 54,638 55,643 43,505 36,680 36,809
36. Total payments ($). 5,893,820 6,321,864 5,401,691 5,379,450 5,164,249
37. Average payment per service ($). 107.87 113.61 124.16 146.66 140.30

Endnotes

For items 1-3: All data is preliminary for 2004-2005. Historical and current data may differ from report to report because of changes in data sources, definitions and methodology from year to year.

1 In British Columbia, the categories under which these facilities are reported in this Health Act report table do not match those normally used in the Ministry. For example, BC does not use the category 'chronic care facilities'.
- For this table, the BC facilities have been assigned to the Health Act categories as closely as possible.
- The 'Other' category is Diagnostic and Treatment Centres.
- The count of facilities in this table may not match counts produced from the Discharge Abstract Database, the MIS reporting system, or the Societies Actbecause each reporting system has different approaches to counting multiple site facilities and categorizing them by function.

2 Payments to Health Authorities for the provision of the full range of regionally delivered services are as follows: $4.4 billion in 1999-2000, $5.1 billion in 2000-2001, $5.4 billion in 2001-2002, and $6.1 billion in 2002-2003. Payments to Health Authorities in 2004-2005, (base and one-time payments), was $6.2 billion.

3 Seven of these 11 contracts provide restorative dentistry to children who are clients of the Ministry of Human Resources. The remaining four are surgical contracts for the Fraser Health Authority.

4 There are approximately 49 private facilities licensed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia. These facilities provide mostly non- Canada Health Act services. Under the Medicare Protection Act, they are prohibited from extrabilling for any insured services. The numbers reported here reflect the number of private surgical facilities contracted with health authorities.

5 Data from the Provincial Health Services Authority contracts for the clients of the Ministry of Human Resources is 1,465. This figure reflects the number of patients served rather than the number of services provided. Data form the Fraser Health Authority is not available.

6 Data is available for "Fee-for-Service" only. Information is not available for the Alternative Payments Program.

7 The data summarizes the most current information about services and payments made each fiscal year based on the date of service.

8 The data summarizes the most current information about services and payments made each fiscal year based on the date of service.

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