TABLE 1.
Demographic and non-demographic sources of change to inflation-adjusted expenditures (2006 dollars) on acute hospital care, fee-for-service medical care and prescription drugs, British Columbia, 1996–2006
| Acute Hospital Care | Fee-for-Service Medical Care | Prescription Drugs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | In-patient | Day Visits | Total | GP | Specialists | Diagnostic | Total | Cardio | Neurologic | |
| Per capita expenditure, 1996 | $650 | $593 | $57 | $499 | $191 | $168 | $93 | $211 | $48 | $30 |
| Per capita expenditure, 2006 | $662 | $581 | $82 | $500 | $179 | $203 | $118 | $434 | $116 | $77 |
| Average annual change (total) | 0.2% | −0.2% | 3.6% | 0.0% | −0.6% | 1.9% | 2.5% | 7.5% | 9.1% | 10.0% |
| Demographic Factors | ||||||||||
| Aging | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 0.7% |
| Mortality | −0.3% | −0.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Non-demographic Factors | ||||||||||
| Expenditure per survivor (total) | −0.4% | −0.8% | 2.9% | −0.4% | −0.9% | 1.4% | 1.8% | 6.4% | 7.6% | 9.1% |
| Survivor - Use | −0.7% | −2.2% | 0.6% | −0.5% | −0.4% | −0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 3.7% | 2.1% |
| Survivor - Quantity (days) | −2.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | −1.0% | −0.1% | 0.1% | 1.1% | 3.3% | 4.1% | 3.3% |
| Survivor - Cost per unit (day) | 2.4% | 1.1% | 2.1% | 1.1% | −0.4% | 1.8% | 0.3% | 2.9% | −0.3% | 3.5% |
| Expenditure per decedent (total) | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Decedent - Use | 0.0% | −0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Decedent - Quantity (days) | −0.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Decedent - Cost per unit (day) | 0.8% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
Note: Figures in bold explain total average annual changes. Changes in expenditure per survivor and per decedent are adjusted for the demographic factors (above in the table) and are explained by subsets of determinants directly below. Determinants interact multiplicatively and therefore may not sum to exact subtotals.