AVÐÇÇò

Overview

Patient-level physician billing (PLPB) data captures administrative information on physician claims for publicly insured medical services funded through provincial and territorial medical care plans.

PLPB data is used to populate AVÐÇÇò’s National Physician Database (NPDB).

Explore our Physicians web page, which contains the most up-to-date information on physicians in Canada.

Statement of purpose (PHI)

The acquisition and use of personal health information (PHI) in relation to this data source supports the following purposes: 

• Producing patient-focused analysis across the continuum of care (e.g., of age–sex- and morbidity-adjusted health care use by different populations);
• Developing comprehensive inpatient cost estimates that include physician costs, as well as other methodologies and tools to support analysis of health services; and
• Enhancing the quality of historical NPDB data and indicators (e.g., full-time equivalents, cost per service).

Privacy impact assessment

Privacy impact assessments (PIAs) evaluate and address the privacy impacts of programs and systems. 

Go to the Privacy and security page to view the PIA, which contains further information about the purposes, data elements and data sources for this data holding.

Contact us 

For further information, please email

   hhr@cihi.ca