British Columbia Statistics - Health
- BC Health Care SystemsDashboard with British Columbia data on: hospital and urgent care disruptions; long-term care and lab directories; illicit drug deaths; COVID data including wastewater; monkeypox data; ferry cancellations and other service disruptions.
- BC Medical Services PlanIncludes Financial Statements and Fee for Service Statistics for MSP providers in British Columbia.
- BC Ministry of Health: HealthideasReports on data related to hospital services in BC.
- Data Prospector BCInventory of linkable health datasets that can be requested for research purposes (via PopData BC or elsewhere). Note that data requests may take several weeks to be approved.
- BC Data ScoutData feasibility service from the BC SUPPORT Unit. Researchers can test whether there is enough health data available for their research question before placing a formal request for access to data.
Health authority statistics:
Featured Resource: Health Funding Explained
- Health Funding Explained2013 report from BC's Auditor General summarizing health expenditures in the province.
Also see the Canada section for resources covering national health spending.
British Columbia Statistics - General
- BC Stats (Government of British Columbia)Statistics include unemployment, wage rates, economic growth, and inflation.
- Data BC (Government of British Columbia)Data BC is the British Columbia Government's open data catalogue and includes many health-related datasets.
- BC Vital Statistics Agency (Government of British Columbia)Statistics on births, mortality, and other health-related issues.
British Columbia - Selected Resources
- Surgical Wait Times Website (BC Ministry of Health)Wait times for adult and pediatric elective surgeries done in publicly-funded facilities in British Columbia.
- BC Community Health AtlasThe BC Community Health Atlas is a web-based interactive mapping tool that displays indicators of population health by geographic area (health area or school district)