Metadata for Contiguous Client Roster
Jan 1999 to Sep 2024 - Client Roster is a record of the people who use the British Columbia health care system. The Client Roster is available in a number of variants, including continuous values, annual summaries, and immutable snapshots, for different purposes. This dataset - the Contiguous Client Roster - provides listing of the values as they change. The (contiguous) client roster provides the ability to query the situation at random points in the past. (N.B. historical data is both available, and updatable, so occasionally records for past years will change. It is not a fixed-for-ever snapshot). Due to complexity of the Contiguous Client Roster we recommend analysts and researchers to first evaluate whether the other annual summaries of registration presented in the main Client Roster is suffcient for their analysis before requesting Contiguous Client Roster.
The Client Roster provides an aggregated breakdown of all people who live or have lived in B.C., over time, and it specifically focuses on people who have registered in the health care system with a Personal Health Number (PHN).
The Client Roster was created out of a need for standardized client information. Prior to the client roster, each analyst built their own collection of client information using data sources such as: Client Registry, RAPID and Vital event data sources.
Besides client demographics such as age, sex, and geographic location, the Client Roster also shows changes to client eligibility over time, including eligibility for MSP and PharmaCare programs.
The Client Roster is available in a number of variants, including continuous values, annual summaries, and immutable snapshots, for different purposes.
The Client Roster presents three different ways of grouping client services: 1. Values summarizing a calendar year (January-December) 2. Values summarizing a fiscal year (April-March) 3. Continuous listing of the values as they change (called the Contiguous Client Roster)
If you are a researcher and want to work with us to help make BC programs and services better, apply to use this dataset and don't hesitate to ask questions here: https://dpdd.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/2
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| Last Updated | October 19, 2025, 23:23 (UTC) |
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Metadata for Contiguous Client Roster |
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Description
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Jan 1999 to Sep 2024 - Client Roster is a record of the people who use the British Columbia health care system. The Client Roster is available in a number of variants, including continuous values, annual summaries, and immutable snapshots, for different purposes. This dataset - the Contiguous Client Roster - provides listing of the values as they change. The (contiguous) client roster provides the ability to query the situation at random points in the past. (N.B. historical data is both available, and updatable, so occasionally records for past years will change. It is not a fixed-for-ever snapshot). Due to complexity of the Contiguous Client Roster we recommend analysts and researchers to first evaluate whether the other annual summaries of registration presented in the main Client Roster is suffcient for their analysis before requesting Contiguous Client Roster. The Client Roster provides an aggregated breakdown of all people who live or have lived in B.C., over time, and it specifically focuses on people who have registered in the health care system with a Personal Health Number (PHN). The Client Roster was created out of a need for standardized client information. Prior to the client roster, each analyst built their own collection of client information using data sources such as: Client Registry, RAPID and Vital event data sources. Besides client demographics such as age, sex, and geographic location, the Client Roster also shows changes to client eligibility over time, including eligibility for MSP and PharmaCare programs. The Client Roster is available in a number of variants, including continuous values, annual summaries, and immutable snapshots, for different purposes. The Client Roster presents three different ways of grouping client services: 1. Values summarizing a calendar year (January-December) 2. Values summarizing a fiscal year (April-March) 3. Continuous listing of the values as they change (called the Contiguous Client Roster) If you are a researcher and want to work with us to help make BC programs and services better, apply to use this dataset and don't hesitate to ask questions here: https://dpdd.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/2 |
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2025-05-16 |
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https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/metadata-for-contiguous-client-roster |
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Data Innovation Program (DIP) |
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Data Innovation Program |
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[email protected] |
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