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ARCHIVED - Canada Health Act Annual Report 2004-2005

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Northwest Territories

Registered Persons
  1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004-2005
1. Number as of March 31st (#). 41,000 41,673 42,886 1 40,399 1 43,202 1
Insured Hospital Services Within Own Province or Territory
Public Facilities 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004-2005
2. Number (#):
a. acute care
b. chronic care
c. rehabilitative car
d. other
e. total
4
N/A 2
N/A 2
28 3
32
4
N/A 2
N/A 2
28 3
32
4
N/A 2
N/A 2
28 3
32
4
N/A 2
N/A 2
28 3
32
4
N/A 2
N/A 2
28 3
32
3. Payments ($):
a. acute care
b. chronic care
c. rehabilitative car
d. other
e. total
not avail.
N/A 2
N/A 2
not avail.
36,215,847
not avail.
N/A 2
N/A 2
not avail.
40,282,046
not avail.
N/A 2
N/A 2
not avail.
44,268,039
not avail.
N/A 2
N/A 2
not avail.
48,451,358
not avail.
N/A 2
N/A 2
not avail.
50,962,729
Private For-Profit Facilities 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004-2005
4. Number (#):
a. surgical facilities
b. diagnostic imaging facilities
c. total
0
0

0
0
0

0
0
0

0
0
0

0
0
0

0
5. Number of insured hospital services provided (#):
a. surgical facilities
b. diagnostic imaging facilities
c. total


N/A
N/A

N/A


N/A
N/A

N/A


N/A
N/A

N/A


not avail.
0

not avail.


not avail.
0

not avail.
6. Payments ($):
a. surgical facilities
b. diagnostic imaging facilities
c. total
N/A
N/A

N/A
N/A
N/A

N/A
N/A
N/A

N/A
not avail.
0

not avail.
not avail.
0

not avail.
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

35 4
18 4
106 5
159 6

29 4
18 4
151 5
198 6

24 4
13 4
175 5
212 6

37 4
16 4
155 5
208 6

44 4
15 4
169 5
228 6
8. Number of opted-out physicians (#):
a. general practitioners
b. specialists
c. other
d. total

0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0

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

0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0

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

142,004
9,487
not avail.
151,491

81,921
5,466
not avail.
87,387

32,339
5,618
not avail.
37,957

18,493
5,524
not avail.
24,017

20,671
5,240
not avail.
25,911
11. Total payments to physicians paid through fee for service ($):
a. general practitioners
b. specialists
c. other
d. total

5,589,151
650,639
not avail.
6,239,790

3,357,203
599,167
not avail.
3,956,370

1,226,502
616,393
not avail.
1,842,895

824,503
617,448
not avail.
1,441,951

813,758
673,494
not avail.
1,487,252
12. Average payment per fee for service service ($):
a. general practitioners
b. specialists
c. other
d. all services

39.4
68.6
not avail.
41.19

41.0
109.6
not avail.
45.27

37.9
109.7
not avail.
48.55

44.6
111.8
not avail.
60.04

39.4
128.5
not avail.
57.40
13. Number of services provided through all payment methods (#):
a. medical
b. surgical
c. diagnostic
d. other
e. total

not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
213,665

not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
200,198

not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
199,751

not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
195,508

not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
197,543
14. Total payments to physicians paid through all payment methods ($):
a. medical
b. surgical
c. diagnostic
d. other
e. total

not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
10,546,580

not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
16,278,000

not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
19,081,000

not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
19,813,000

not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
27,352,000
15. Average payment per service, all payment methods ($):
a. medical
b. surgical
c. diagnostic
d. other
e. all services

not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
49.36

not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
81.31

not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
95.52

not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
101.34.

not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
not avail.
138.46
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 (#). 1,076 952 992 1,233 1,015
17. Total number of claims, out-patient (#). 7,828 8,106 8,369 9,167 8,429
18. Total payments, in-patient ($). 7,124,045 5,235,249 5,688,458 8,606,767 6,100,096
19. Total payments, out-patient ($). 1,153,525 1,378,612 1,406,932 1,831,343 1,839,081
20. Average payment, in-patient ($). 6,620.86 5,499.21 5,734.33 6,980.35 6,009.95
21. Average payment, out-patient ($). 147.36 170.07 168.11 199.78 218.18
Physicians 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004-2005
22. Number of services (#). 44,476 40,095 42,395 43,862 40,945
23. Total payments ($). 2,340,523 2,140,669 2,264,235 2,794,590 2,937,334
24. Average payment per service ($). 52.62 53.39 53.41 63.71 71.74
Insured Services Provided Outside Canada
Hospitals 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004-2005
25. Total number of claims, in-patient (#). 6 5 3 1 1
26. Total number of claims, out-patient (#). 12 16 15 51 18
27. Total payments, in-patient ($). 10,190 2,908 10,535 1,194 1,283
28. Total payments, out-patient ($). 2,270 1,713 2,181 99,009 16,763
29. Average payment, in-patient ($). 1,698.39 581.52 3,511.52 1,193.53 1,283.00
30. Average payment, out-patient ($). 189.20 107.04 145.39 1941.35 931.26
Physicians 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004-2005
31. Number of services (#). 212 186 101 138 47
32. Total payments ($). 18,197 13,989 9,979 9,482 2,424
33. Average payment per service ($). 85.83 75.21 98.80 68.71 51.57
Insured Surgical-Dental Services Within Own Province or Territory
  1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004-2005
34. Number of particpating dentists (#). N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
35. Number of services provided (#). N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
36. Total payments ($). N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
37. Average payment per service ($). N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Endnotes

1 2001-02 figure is as of September 18, 2002, 2002-03 figure is as of September 2, 2003, and the 2004-2005 figures is as of August 25, 2004.

2 Northwest Territories does not have facilities that provide these services as their primary type of care. Instead, the 4 hospital acute care facilities provide long term care, extended care, day surgery, out-patient services, diagnostic services and rehabilitative care.

3 Includes Health Centres and Public Health Units.

4 1999/00 to 2001/02 numbers from Counts from Canadian Institute for Health Information, Southam Medical Database; and 2002/03 and 2003/04 numbers are estimates from NWT Department of Health and Social Services.

5 This is an estimate of the number of locum physicians. For measures 10 through 15, locum physicians are captured within the general practitioners and specialists categories.

6 Estimate based on total active physicians for each fiscal year.

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