health-spending-drugs-perperson - Health Quality Ontario (HQO)

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INDICATOR NAME

Name

Health spending on drugs in dollars per person

Alternate Name

Health spending on drugs per person

INDICATOR DESCRIPTION

Description

This indicator measures health spending on drugs in dollars per person in a given period of time.

Indicator Status

Active

HQO Reporting tool/product

Public reporting

Dimension

Effective

Type

Process

DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION

Unit of Measurement

Dollars per person

Calculation Methods

Numerator divided by denominator.

Numerator including inclusion/exclusion

Total dollars of health spending on drugs in a given period of time.

Denominator including inclusion/exclusion

The most recent revised population estimates from the Demography Division of Statistics Canada

Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- detailed

To compare spending over time in Ontario, constant (1997) dollars are used to adjust for both population growth and inflation, which varied over time. To compare spending levels between countries, Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs), which are the rates of currency conversion that equalize the purchasing power of different currencies, is used to eliminate differences in price levels between countries. Health spending per person is converted to a common currency (US dollar) and adjusted to take account of the different purchasing power of the national currencies.

Data Source

National Health Expenditure Database (NHEX), OECD Health Statistics

Data provided to HQO by

Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Reported Levels of comparability /stratifications (defined)

International comparison, Province

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Caveats and Limitations

OECD member countries are asked to report health spending according to concepts presented in the OECD manual A System of Health Accounts (SHA). Countries are at varying stages of reporting total health spending according to the boundary of health care proposed in the SHA manual. That means data presented in OECD health Statistics 2018 is at the varying levels of comparability. This indicator most closely follows the health care boundaries proposed in the SHA and is believed to be fairly comparable, although some deviations from SHA definitions may still exist among sub-categories.

Comments Detailed

The data are obtained from National Health Expenditure Database (NHEX) or OECD database i.e. they are not calculated by HQO.