Patient Level Physician Billing (PLPB) metadata
Overview
Patient-level physician billing (PLPB) data captures administrative information on physician claims for publicly insured medical services funded through provincial and territorial medical care plans.
PLPB data is used to populate CIHI’s National Physician Database (NPDB).
Explore our Physicians web page, which contains the most up-to-date information on physicians in Canada.
Privacy impact assessment
Privacy impact assessments (PIAs) evaluate and address the privacy impacts of programs and systems.
Go to the Privacy and security page to view the PIA, which contains further information about the purposes, data elements and data sources for this data holding.
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How to cite:
Canadian Institute for ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ Information. Patient Level Physician Billing (PLPB) metadata. Accessed April 5, 2025.
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