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| Name | Percentage of Seniors on Public Drug Programs With Accepted Claims |
| Short/Other Names |
Not applicable |
| Description | The rate of seniors who have submitted claims that have been accepted by public drug programs |
| Interpretation | This indicator is interpreted as the rate of seniors who use public drug programs to receive drug coverage. |
| HSP Framework Dimension |
Health System Inputs and Characteristics: Health system innovation and learning capacity |
| Areas of Need |
Not applicable |
| Geographic Coverage |
Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon |
| Reporting Level/Disaggregation |
Province/Territory |
| Indicator Results |
https://secure.cihi.ca/estore/productSeries.htm?locale=en&pc=PCC520 |
| Name | Percentage of Seniors on Public Drug Programs With Accepted Claims |
| Short/Other Names |
Not applicable |
| Description | The rate of seniors who have submitted claims that have been accepted by public drug programs |
| Calculation: Description | The total number of seniors with at least one claim accepted by a public drug program divided by the total population of seniors Unit of Analysis: Patients |
| Calculation: Geographic Assignment |
Place of residence |
| Calculation: Type of Measurement |
Percentage or proportion |
| Calculation: Adjustment Applied |
Age-sex-adjusted |
| Calculation: Method of Adjustment |
Direct Standardization |
| Denominator |
Description: |
| Numerator |
Description: |
| Rationale |
The rate of seniors who have claims accepted by public drug programs tells us a lot about public drug program design and eligibility. Jurisdictions with a high uptake rate tend to have a plan with a large population of coverage or low/no deductibles (where patients pay parts of every claim), while plans with a low uptake rate tend to have a small population of coverage or a deductible (seniors may choose coverage through a different source). |
| Interpretation |
This indicator is interpreted as the rate of seniors who use public drug programs to receive drug coverage. |
| HSP Framework Dimension |
Health System Inputs and Characteristics: Health system innovation and learning capacity |
| Areas of Need |
Not applicable |
| Targets/Benchmarks |
Not applicable |
| References |
Not applicable |
| Data Sources |
NPDUIS Database |
| Available Data Years |
Type of Year: |
| Geographic Coverage |
Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon |
| Reporting Level/Disaggregation |
Province/Territory |
| Update Frequency |
Whenever required for analytical product or data request |
| Indicator Results |
Web Tool: |
| Updates |
Not applicable |
| Caveats and Limitations |
While the count of seniors with accepted claims is calculated over the entire year, the population of each jurisdiction is calculated at a specific time. Because of this, it is assumed that this indicator over-estimates the rate. |
| Trending Issues |
All data is not available for all years: – Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, New Brunswick: From January 2000 – Nova Scotia: From April 2001 – Prince Edward Island: From April 2004 – British Columbia: From January 2006 – Yukon: From January 2007 – Newfoundland and Labrador: From April 2008 – Ontario: From April 2010 – First Nations and Inuit Health Branch: From October 2010 |
| Comments |
Not applicable |