ARCHIVED - Canada Health Act Annual Report 2004-2005

Alberta

Registered Persons
	1999-2000	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2004-2005 ¹
1. Number as of March 31st (#).	2,957,045	3,007,582	3,072,384	3,124,487	3,165,157

Insured Hospital Services Within Own Province or Territory
Public Facilities	1999-2000	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2004-2005 ¹
2. Number (#): a. acute care b. chronic care c. rehabilitative car d. other e. total	102 104 1 3 210	102 105 1 3 211	103 106 1 3 213	100 110 1 3 214	102 107 1 3 213
3. Payments ($): a. acute care b. chronic care c. rehabilitative car d. other e. total	not avail. not avail. not avail. not avail. not avail.	not avail. not avail. not avail. not avail. not avail.	not avail. not avail. not avail. not avail. not avail.	not avail. not avail. not avail. not avail. not avail.	not avail. not avail. not avail. not avail. not avail.
Private For-Profit Facilities	1999-2000	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2004-2005 ¹
4. Number (#): a. surgical facilities b. diagnostic imaging facilities c. total	not avail. not avail. not avail.	not avail. not avail. not avail.	not avail. not avail. not avail.	not avail. not avail. not avail.	not avail. not avail. not avail.
5. Number of insured hospital services provided (#): a. surgical facilities b. diagnostic imaging facilities c. total	not avail. not avail. not avail.	not avail. not avail. not avail.	not avail. not avail. not avail.	not avail. not avail. not avail.	not avail. not avail. not avail.
6. Payments ($): a. surgical facilities b. diagnostic imaging facilities c. 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.

Insured Physician Services Within Own Province or Territory
	1999-2000	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2004-2005 ¹
7. Number of participating physicians (#): a. general practitioners b. specialists c. other d. total	2,545 2,096 N/A 4,641	2,659 2,197 N/A 4,856	2,746 2,333 N/A 5,079	2,841 2,365 N/A 5,206	2,937 2,426 N/A 5,363
8. Number of opted-out physicians (#): a. general practitioners b. specialists c. other d. total	N/A N/A N/A N/A	N/A N/A N/A N/A	N/A N/A N/A N/A	N/A N/A N/A N/A	N/A N/A N/A N/A
9. Number of not participating physicians (#): a. general practitioners b. specialists c. other d. total	0 0 0 0	0 1 0 1	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	15,914,666 11,319,078 0 27,233,744	16,132,591 11,710,080 0 27,842,671	16,132,591 11,710,080 0 27,842,671	16,450,512 12,878,411 0 29,328,923	16,924,877 13,119,523 0 30,044,400
11. Total payments to physicians paid through fee for service ($): a. general practitioners b. specialists c. other d. total	410,502,506 493,040,446 0 903,542,952	430,681,658 528,392,197 0 959,073,855	474,076,958 587,092,735 0 1,061,169,693	543,635,736 681,990,901 0 1,225,626,637	564,936,923 707,843,059 0 1,272,779,982
12. Average payment per fee for service service ($): a. general practitioners b. specialists c. other d. all services	25.79 43.56 0.00 33.18	26.70 45.12 0.00 34.45	29.39 50.14 0.00 38.11	33.05 52.96 0.00 41.79	33.38 53.95 0.00 42.36
13. Number of services provided through all payment methods (#): a. medical b. surgical c. diagnostic d. other e. total	19,829,029 1,238,043 5,274,903 0 26,341,975	20,328,498 1,316,312 5,588,934 0 27,233,744	20,647,611 1,396,422 5,798,638 0 27,842,671	21,153,134 2,417,363 5,758,426 0 29,328,923	21,680,907 2,513,638 5,849,855 0 30,044,400
14. Total payments to physicians paid through all payment methods ($): a. medical b. surgical c. diagnostic d. other e. total	586,587,852 140,067,988 176,887,112 0 903,542,952	618,596,110 150,223,933 190,253,812 0 959,073,855	684,971,654 164,427,152 211,770,887 0 1,061,169,693	788,450,446 190,259,821 246,916,370 0 1,225,626,637	816,374,918 196,291,136 260,113,928 0 1,272,779,982
15. Average payment per service, all payment methods ($): a. medical b. surgical c. diagnostic d. other e. all services	29.58 113.14 33.53 0.00 34.30	30.43 114.12 34.04 0.00 35.22	33.17 117.75 36.52 0.00 38.11	37.27 78.71 42.88 0.00 41.79	37.65 78.09 44.47 0.00 42.36

Insured Services Provided to Residents in Another Province or Territory
Hospitals	1999-2000	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2004-2005 ¹
16. Total number of claims, in-patient (#).	4,820	4,656	4,205	4,275	4,651
17. Total number of claims, out-patient (#).	59,443	56,408	61,230	67,975	68,469
18. Total payments, in-patient ($).	13,632,730	14,699,049	12,328,205	15,753,884	19,411,517
19. Total payments, out-patient ($).	6,920,702	5,287,271	7,115,105	7,953,195	7,982,851
20. Average payment, in-patient ($).	2,828.37	3,157.01	2,931.80	3,685.12	4,173.62
21. Average payment, out-patient ($).	116.43	93.73	116.20	117.00	116.59
Physicians	1999-2000	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2004-2005
22. Number of services (#).	380,635	418,587	493,798	559,503	485,841
23. Total payments ($).	11,397,620	12,436,188	11,998,825	13,880,981	15,139,409
24. Average payment per service ($).	29.94	29.71	24.30	24.81	31.16

Insured Services Provided Outside Canada
Hospitals	1999-2000	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2004-2005 ¹
25. Total number of claims, in-patient (#).	5,215	4,151	4,457	3,698	3,319
26. Total number of claims, out-patient (#).	5,097	3,945	3,942	3,739	3,405
27. Total payments, in-patient ($).	483,648	374,005	416,635	340,169	300,233
28. Total payments, out-patient ($).	364,087	298,725	309,119	206,684	212,949
29. Average payment, in-patient ($).	92.74	90.10	93.48	91.99	90.46
30. Average payment, out-patient ($).	71.43	75.72	78.42	55.28	62.54
Physicians	1999-2000	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2004-2005 ¹
31. Number of services (#).	21,989	20,891	22,928	21,289	20,753
32. Total payments ($).	871,292	907,010	1,043,997	976,232	963,299
33. Average payment per service ($).	39.62	43.42	45.53	45.86	46.42

Insured Surgical-Dental Services Within Own Province or Territory
	1999-2000	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2004-2005 ¹
34. Number of particpating dentists (#).	250	232	250	234	216
35. Number of services provided (#).	14,292	14,708	14,585	16,759	14,802
36. Total payments ($).	2,092,003	2,116,386	2,167,898	2,394,458	2,404,042
37. Average payment per service ($).	146.38	143.89	148.64	142.88	162.41

Endnotes

¹ These figures are considered preliminary until the release of the Alberta Ministry of Health and Wellness' Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Statistical Supplement, 2004-2005.

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