HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH SERVICES DATAData Set: Medical Services Plan (MSP) Payment Information FileDescription: Data on medically necessary services provided by fee-for-service practitioners to individuals covered by the Medical Services Plan (MSP), BC's universal insurance program. Practitioners are separated into: physicians, supplementary benefit practitioners (physiotherapists, massage practitioners, naturopathic physicians, etc.), and out-of-province practitioners. Data Set: PharmaCareDescription: PharmaCare is BC's public drug insurance program that assists BC residents in paying for eligible prescription drugs and designated medical supplies. Data Set: Discharge Abstract Database (Hospital Separations)Description: Data on discharges, transfers and deaths of in-patients and day surgery patients from acute care hospitals in BC. Data Set: Home & Community Care (Continuing Care)Description: Information on transactions for individuals receiving services paid by the Continuing Care Division, BC Ministry of Health Services. Transactions relate to clients who are publicly-funded residents of long-term care facilities, assisted living facilities, family care homes and group homes, clients in adult daycare programs, and clients receiving home care and home support services. Data Set: Mental HealthDescription: The Mental Health data set contains administrative data in several files that were created using tables in the Mental Health Data Warehouse (MHDW). The mental health data we have are the Minimum Reporting Requirement (MRR) tables from the MHDW at the Ministry of Health Services. The MRR is now the requirement for all HAs in reporting on all patient/clients receiving mental health services in the community. The mental health data are a snapshot from a continuously updated relational database system with files such as client, care episodes, and service events. Data Set: BC Cancer Agency Registry DataDescription: Information on all cancers (of BC residents at diagnosis) reported to the BCCA. |