Hospital Wait Times

Hospital Wait Times Canadian Report Card Since 2002, the Canadian government has invested $5.5 billion to decrease wait times Fraser Institute's 22nd annual report on surgical wait times 2012 Canadian patients wait about four months on average – for medically necessary treatment Number of weeks between appointment with a specialist and treatment Waiting periods for surgical and other medical procedures are a whopping 91% longer today than they were in 1993 9.3 9.8 weeks weeks weeks Ontario Quebec British Columbia National Average Heart bypass and radiation therapy Cataract surgery and hip replacements 70 to 79 %* Knee replacements 60 to 69 %* 80%* * The percentage of patients treated within time set in benchmark. "This is a country in which dogs can get a hip replacement in under a week and in which humans can wait two-to-three years." ~~Dr. Brian Day~~ ©2013 www.canada-health-insurance.com, all rights reserved