Possible Data sources for A GP for Me
It can be a dizzying experience to try and identify what data can be used, and how, for your
measurement plan. Below are a few ideas of sources of data that might help you in defining what will be
needed by your community.
Data Source
BC Stats
Examples of what is contained in the data source
Mortality and morbidity.
Community:
chart reviews
Community:
community
asset
inventory
Community:
community
organisations
Community:
EMR
Walk-in clinic data.
Community:
school
district
websites
Community:
surveys
Population forecasting.
HA: Blue
Matrix
HA: Decision
Support
MoH:
Attachment
Algorithm
Where/How Can We find This?
http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/
Home.aspx
Walk-in clinics etc.
Where it exists - a list of existing community resources,
agencies
Varies.
This will depend on the region. One example is United
Way who provide data on vulnerable populations and
seniors. Another may be a local Social Planning Council.
Attached patients, wait times for appointments, patients
demographic data.
Varies.
Community, physician, MOA. The provincial office can
provide templates that were developed…….
https://www.divisionsbc.ca/provincial/cppsurveyresourc
es
Maps the BC health system and the health of the BC
population. Costs and services by 13 populations
segments and health service lines.
 ER admissions
 Acute care admissions
 Discharge data
 Maternity data
 Chronic disease registers: incidence, prevalence,
mortality, services, and costs for 21 chronic
conditions
Using MSP billing data, the Algorithm calculates the
percentage of patients estimated to have an ongoing
health care relationship with a family physician practice
and to a specific physician within that practice based on
the last 5 time the patient saw the same care provider.
 By LHA, HSDA and HA
 5 years of data; 2007/08 to 2011/12
Speaking with or surveying GPs
or through an aggregate data
source.
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/sch
ools/bcmap.htm
Through surveys, whether
electronic, paper-based,
telephone, or face-to-face.
Health Authority data
modelling working group have
data
Contact your local health
authority.
Posted in the A GP for Me
Assessment and Planning Data
Work Area on the Divisions
website (DivIT). For access,
requests must be made
through the Coordinator or
Executive Director at the local
Division to Robin Hussen at the
Data Source
MoH:
Attachment
Estimates
Using CCHS
2009 and
2010
Combined
Data
MoH:
Community
Health
Services
Profiles
Examples of what is contained in the data source
Also available broken down by RUB (Resource Utilization
Band).
These rates are generated using data from the Canadian
Community Health Survey (CCHS) and applying a set of
rules to estimate if patients who did not have a regular
medical doctor had tried to find one, but were unable.
CCHS data is based on a patient’s perception of
attachment.

By LHA, HSDA and HA

2009 & 2010 combined
Divided by health administrative boundaries (Local
Health Area – LHA, Health Service Delivery Area – HSDA,
or Health Authority - HA). They were developed by the
MoH in 2010 and 2011. Please note that not each LHA or
HSDA has a Community Health Services Profile.
Statistics by Local Health Area:
 Demographics
 Socio-economic
 Health status & health-related behaviour
 Chronic Conditions
 Primary Health Care
 Emergency Department Services
 Acute Care Services
 Pharmaceutical Services
 Home & Community Services
 Mental Health & Substance Use Services
MoH: IPCC
target
populations
MoH: MSOC
50+ GPs
Definitions of the IPCC target populations:
 Frail elderly
 Women in pregnancy and childbirth
 Patients with chronic, co-morbid and/or
complex medical care needs
 People with Mental Illness and Problematic
Substance Use
Number of Community-Based GPs by health
administrative boundaries (LHA and HA) – 2009/10 to
2011/12. These counts use a proxy measure to define a
community based GP. Any GP who had 50 or more
MSOC (majority source of care) patients is considered
community-based.
MSOC is a method that attempts to establish a
relationship between a GP and a patient based on a
Where/How Can We find This?
Divisions Provincial Office:
rhussen@bcma.bc.ca.
Posted in the A GP for Me
Assessment and Planning Data
Work Area on the Divisions
website (DivIT). For access,
requests must be made
through the Coordinator or
Executive Director at the local
Division to Robin Hussen at the
Divisions Provincial Office:
rhussen@bcma.bc.ca.
Posted in the A GP for Me
Assessment and Planning Data
Work Area on the Divisions
website (DivIT). For access,
requests must be made
through the Coordinator or
Executive Director at the local
Division to Robin Hussen at the
Divisions Provincial Office:
rhussen@bcma.bc.ca.
Ministry of Health.
Posted in the A GP for Me
Assessment and Planning Data
Work Area on the Divisions
website (DivIT). For access,
requests must be made
through the Coordinator or
Executive Director at the local
Division to Robin Hussen at the
Divisions Provincial Office:
Data Source
Examples of what is contained in the data source
single 12-month period of BC fee-for-services Medical
Services Plan (MSP) claims. Nurse practitioners,
Specialists, GPs paid through Alternate Payments
arrangements and all other practitioners are excluded
from this analysis. Only patients who have at least 3 feefor-services GP visits (to any GP) within a 12-month
period can be part of an MSOC relationship, and only
when a clear majority of the GP visits are with a single
GP. For instance, a patient with 2 visits to one GP and 1
visit to a second GP will be assigned an MSOC
relationship with the first GP. A patient with 3 visits to
one GP, 2 visits to a second GP, and 1 visit to a third GP
will not be assigned an MSOC relationship, since no
single practitioner provided more than 50% of the GP
visits.
Number of GPs and specialists by HSDA and HA 2011/12.
Where/How Can We find This?
rhussen@bcma.bc.ca.
Population
Health Data
Person years of life lost, infant mortality rates,
Provincial
Health
Services
Authority
(PHSA):
Community
Atlas
Provincial
Health
Services
Authority
(PHSA):
Community
Health
Profiles
The BC Community Health Atlas is a web-based
interactive mapping tool that displays indicators of
population health by geographic area. The Atlas is a free,
user-friendly platform for visualizing and comparing data
related to population health, demographics as well as
developmental, socio-economic, and environmental
determinants of health.
Highlight community and regional health statistics to
support local governments. The profiles are intended to
provide local governments with a picture of their
communities' health, and to enhance partnerships
between local governments and regional health
authorities to inform community level planning and
priority setting.
Varies: local universities,
PopdataBC, Health Authority,
PHSA, etc.
http://www.phsa.ca/communit
yhealthatlas
MoH: MSP
Information
Resource
Manual Feefor-Service
Statistics
Statistics
Canada:
The Community Health Profiles are being developed in
collaboration with the Union of BC Municipalities, the
Ministry of Health, regional health authorities and BC
Healthy Communities Society.
The CCHS is a cross-sectional survey that collects
information related to health status, health care
http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/
msp/paystats/pdf/irm_complet
e.pdf
In development. Will be
available in early 2014.
http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/im
db/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurve
Data Source
Canadian
Community
Health
Survey
(CCHS)
Examples of what is contained in the data source
utilization and health determinants for the Canadian
population. It relies upon a large sample of respondents
and is designed to provide reliable estimates at the
health region level.
Where/How Can We find This?
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