Medical Services Plan Payment Information
Overview
- Acronym
- MSP
- Website
- MSP
- Contacts
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General Design
- Study design
- Registry
- Start - End Year
- 1985 -
- Recruitment Target
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- Individuals
- Number of Participants
- No Limit
- Supplementary Information
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* In April 2002, MSP stopped covering the majority of supplemental benefit services. These include: chiropractic, massage therapy, physical therapy, naturopathy, optometry, and podiatry services. These services are still provided in medically necessary cases for lower-income individuals. * All records that are associated with an ICBC or WorkSafeBC claim type are excluded from the standard MSP Collection. * Payments to physicians who perform WorkSafeBC expedited surgeries in public hospitals do not appear in the MSP Payment files.
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
| Possible Access to Data | |
| Possible Access to Biosamples | |
| Other |
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Data access and holding information is available on the [Population Data BC](https://www.popdata.bc.ca/data/health/msp) website. Core vs. Non-Core Data * **Core Data**: Some BC Ministry of Health data sets available through PopData and HDPBC are called ‘Core Data’. A Core Data set is a standardized ‘bundle’ of commonly requested variables. A Core Data set may not include all the variables available in the data set. For example, some Core Data variables, such as geography or organisational codes, are suppressed to meet privacy legislation requirements. * **Non-Core Data**: Non-Core Data are variables that are not included in the standardized Core Data set. Non-Core Data is available for request as an addition to the Core Data set. For the majority of DARs, requesting access to Core Data only may make the data access approval process quicker and may expedite data provision. Data requests that include Non-Core Data will be subject to regular rather than expedited processes, both for application review and data provisioning. Please note that the overall data access request is subject to meeting all of the Five SAFEs requirements. For more detail on the Five SAFEs, [visit the Eligibility and the Five SAFES model page.](http://www.popdata.bc.ca/data_access/requirements/eligibility)
- On the study website : https://www.popdata.bc.ca/data/health/msp
Supplementary Information
Timeline
Population
Selection Criteria
- Countries
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- Canada
- Canadian Provinces
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- British Columbia
- Other Criteria
- Inclusion: British Columbia residents who obtained services in Quebec, the United States of America and other countries.
Sources of Recruitment
- General Population
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- Selected sample
- Supplementary Information
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Participants are identified through the British Columbia Ministry of Health.
Sample Size
- Number of Participants
- No Limit
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Data sources | Data sources - Biosamples | Start | End |
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| 0 | MSP - Data collection |
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1985 (April) | Ongoing |
Participating Studies
| Acronym | Name | Study design | Countries |
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Harmonization Initiatives Included
| Acronym | Name |
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Datasets
| Name | Data Collection Events | Variables |
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Areas of Information Collected
- Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
- Death
- Lifestyle and behaviours
- Physical measures and assessments
- Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
- Laboratory measures
- Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
- Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
- Diseases
- Life events, life plans, beliefs and values
- Symptoms and signs
- Preschool, school and work life
- Medication and supplements
- Social environment and relationships
- Non-pharmacological interventions
- Physical environment
- Health and community care services utilization
- Administrative information
Variables Content Summary
Areas of Information Collected
Areas of Information Collected per per Population and Data Collection Event
Networks
| Acronym | Name | Harmonization Initiatives | Individual Studies |
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