TABLE 1. Correlation analyses of number of BCT claims, per capita, for the Canadian provinces.

Measure (by number of BCT claims, per capita, 2000–2014)	Degrees of freedom (n – 2)	Correlation (r)	p	Bootstrapped 95% confidence interval
Respirologists [36], per capita; Model 1	132	0.582***	<0.001	[0.421, 0.716]
Respirologists, per capita (excluding AB, BC, and SK); Model 2	87	0.930***	<0.001	[0.883, 0.958]
Allergists [36], per capita; Model 1	132	0.718***	<0.001	[0.649, 0.785]
Allergists, per capita (excluding AB, BC, and SK); Model 2	87	0.747***	<0.001	[0.656, 0.838]
General internists [36], per capita; Model 1	132	0.210*	0.015	[0.105, 0.328]
General internists, per capita (excluding AB, BC, and SK); Model 2	87	0.186	0.080	[0.050, 0.325]
General practitioners [36], per capita	132	−0.071	0.418	[−0.181, 0.045]
General practitioners, per capita (excluding AB, BC, and SK); Model 2	87	−0.170	0.112	[−0.310, −0.031]
MD degree received from foreign university [35]a	132	−0.533***	<0.001	[−0.642, −0.403]
Estimated population with asthma [38]b, per capita	88	0.052	0.623	[−0.090, 0.193]
Population [34]	132	0.626***	<0.001	[0.576, 0.688]
Percentage of urban population [39]c	25	0.451*	0.018	[0.227, 0.664]
Population density [40]c	25	0.628***	<0.001	[0.442, 0.865]
Health expenditures [41], per capita	132	−0.183*	0.034	[−0.330, −0.023]
Public health expenditures, per capita	132	−0.233**	0.007	[−0.374, −0.078]
Private health expenditures, per capita	132	−0.003	0.974	[−0.180, 0.179]
Administration expenditures, per capita	132	−0.254**	0.003	[−0.330, −0.179]
Capital expenditures, per capita	132	−0.037	0.668	[−0.205, 0.140]
Drug expenditures, per capita	132	0.147	0.090	[−0.050, 0.321]
Hospital expenditures, per capita	132	−0.326***	<0.001	[−0.447, −0.186]
Other health spending expenditures, per capita	132	−0.184*	0.033	[−0.311, −0.043]
Other institutional expenditures, per capita	132	0.100	0.248	[−0.046, 0.239]
Other professional expenditures, per capita	132	−0.083	0.341	[−0.232, 0.088]
Physician expenditures, per capita	132	−0.101	0.247	[−0.270, 0.093]
“Public health” expenditures, per capita	132	−0.429***	<0.001	[−0.546, −0.295]

^*p < 0.05

^**p < 0.01

^***p < 0.001.

Note: This table does not present an exhaustive list. Bold text indicates a statistically significant difference. AB = Alberta; BC = British Columbia; SK = Saskatchewan.

^aThese data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information’s Supply, Distribution and Migration of Canadian Physicians includes all physicians (family medicine and specialists). For the correlations, the percentage of physicians who obtained their medical training outside Canada was used.

^bEstimated population with asthma was only available for years 2003, 2005, and 2007–2014.

^cPercentages of urban population and population density were only available from the 2001, 2006, and 2011 censuses.