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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:
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Comments | Not applicable |