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An administrative database in health care meets specific criteria: at least one administrative operation must use the data and consider the database to be essential; the organization that is developing the database must ensure the integrity of the data to comply with legal and administrative requirements for supporting statistical and historical information; and a broad cross section of users must [...] They can also include the cost of the technologies (for example, equipment) and of the use of any services that is generated by the use of the technology. [...] The lack of use may be due to the difficulties in obtaining the data and the analysts' lack of familiarity with the intricacies of the data. [...] As a result, every case is assigned an RIW.6 Costing individual cases Using the CIHI system, an HTA analyst can derive a cost of a case in two ways: "case mix costing" and "case costing." Cost per weighted unit (case mix costing) By combining the inpatient costs for a group of hospitals and the total RIWs for the same group of hospitals in the province, CIHI derives estimates of the cost per weigh [...] The provincial data that are collected include: • Patient identifier • Date of service • Drug, strength, and dosage according to the Drug Identification Number • Number of units dispensed • Price paid by the province for the drug, the mark-up, and the pharmacy professional fee • Amount charged less the amount paid by the province (out-of-pocket payment by the consumer).