Table 3.
Average annual costs per patient, adjusted for Resource Utilization Band, attachment, sex, and age group, fiscal year 2010–2011 (Canadian dollars)1
| Cost category | Diabetes-only patientsa | Hypertension-only patientsa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No incentive (n = 64,027) | Incentive (n = 82,674) | No incentive (n = 155,136) | Incentive (n = 142,480) | |
| GP | 463 | 620 | 437 | 475 |
| Specialist | 450 | 430 | 435 | 389 |
| Diagnostic facility (DF) | 372 | 376 | 353 | 335 |
| Total MSP (GP + Specialist + DF) | 1285 | 1426 | 1225 | 1199 |
| Hospital | 1300 | 1157 | 1307 | 1089 |
| Pharmacy | 658 | 807 | 411 | 386 |
| Average annual total costs | 3243 | 3390 | 2943 | 2674 |
| Incentive-based cost difference | −147 | 269 | ||
a
Totals in cost columns may differ from the sum of the component parts because of rounding.
1
British Columbia Ministry of Health Services, Primary Care Data Repository, Fiscal Year 2010–2011.
GP = general practitioner; MSP = Medical Services Plan of British Columbia.