British Columbia Statistics - Health
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BC Medical Services PlanIncludes Financial Statements and Fee for Service Statistics for MSP providers in British Columbia.
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BC Ministry of Health: HealthideasReports on data related to hospital services in BC.
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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.
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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
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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
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BC Stats (Government of British Columbia)Statistics include unemployment, wage rates, economic growth, and inflation.
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Data BC (Government of British Columbia)Data BC is the British Columbia Government's open data catalogue and includes many health-related datasets.
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BC Vital Statistics Agency (Government of British Columbia)Statistics on births, mortality, and other health-related issues.
British Columbia - Selected Resources
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Surgical Wait Times Website (BC Ministry of Health)Wait times for adult and pediatric elective surgeries done in publicly-funded facilities in British Columbia.
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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)
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British Columbia Atlas of Wellness2011 publication with hundreds of maps and visualizations of wellness indicators.