"Identifying Information: Name","Average Gross Clinical Payment per Physician"
"Identifying Information: Short/Other Names","Not applicable"
"Identifying Information: Description","This indicator calculates the average gross clinical payment per physician per province."
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: Rationale","Canadians want to know how much physicians are paid on average. The indicator can be used for budgeting and costing calculations."
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: Interpretation","This indicator provides contextual information on the average gross clinical payments for physicians in Canada."
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: HSP Framework Dimension","ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ system resources"
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: Areas of Need","Not applicable"
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: Targets/Benchmarks","Not applicable"
"Available Data Years","2009
 to 2022"
"Available Data Years: Type of Year",Fiscal
"Availability of Results: Geographic Coverage","All provinces"
"Reporting Level/Disaggregation",Province/Territory
"Result Updates: Indicator Results","Physicians web page"
"Update Frequency","Every year"
"Result Updates: Latest Results Update Date","October 2024"
"Result Updates: Updates","Not applicable"
"Indicator Calculation: Description","Total gross clinical payments divided by number of physicians"
"Indicator Calculation: Type of Measurement","Average or mean"
"Denominator: Description:","Number of physicians"
"Denominator: Exclusions:","Imaging and laboratory specialists"
"Numerator: Description:","Gross payment amount from a jurisdiction's medical care plan, excluding imaging and laboratory specialists."
"Numerator: Inclusions:","Gross payment amount from a jurisdiction's medical care plan for publicly insured medical services."
"Numerator: Exclusions:","Imaging and laboratory specialists"
"Method of Adjustment","Not applicable"
"Adjustment Applied",None
"Indicator Calculation: Geographic Assignment","Place of service"
"Data Sources",NPDB
"Quality Statement: Caveats and Limitations","Due to the greater proportion of short-term, visiting and locum physicians and their lower associated payments in certain smaller jurisdictions relative to larger ones, in an attempt to improve comparability, ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨has agreed to calculate the average payment per physician using only permanent in-province physicians in P.E.I. and physicians whose total gross payments are at least $60,000 in the Yukon.Imaging and laboratory specialists are not included."
"Quality Statement: Trending Issues","Not applicable"
"Quality Statement: Comments","Not applicable"
References,"Not applicable"