Health spending: Indicators

This indicator calculates the average gross clinical payment per physician per province.

This indicator measures the percentage of the legal entity's total expenses that were spent in administrative departments such as finance and human resources. A high percentage indicates that administrative costs are a large portion of total expenses; a…

This indicator gives the ratio of a hospital’s total acute inpatient expenses to the number of acute inpatient cases adjusted for resource use (RIW).

Heavy drinking is defined as men who reported consuming 5 or more drinks or women who reported consuming 4 or more drinks on 1 occasion at least once a month in the past year. It is calculated for the population age 12 and older.

This indicator measures the rate of public drug program spending on generic drugs.

This indicator provides the rate of claims accepted by public drug programs for generic drugs.

This indicator provides the rate of seniors who have submitted claims that have been accepted by public drug programs.

This indicator measures how much is spent on prescribed drugs per person.