In 2021/22, 41 per cent of all hospital care in Australia took place in private facilities.
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April 4, 2024
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Last year Canadians endured the longest median wait time (27.7 weeks) ever recorded for non-emergency surgery.
January 25, 2024
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Other countries include the private sector as a partner in the universal health-care framework.
October 9, 2023
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Last year, the median wait between a specialist referral and treatment was 14.8 weeks in Canada.
April 27, 2023
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Nova Scotians waited 58.2 weeks (on average) between referral from a GP to receipt of treatment.
February 14, 2023
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The French health-care system features several safety nets to protect vulnerable patients.
February 8, 2023
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Patients in the province faced a median wait of 33.3 weeks between seeing a general practitioner and receiving treatment.
January 23, 2023
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Patients in the province faced a median wait of 20.3 weeks between seeing a general practitioner and receiving treatment in 2022.
December 19, 2022
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This year’s median wait is almost three times longer than the wait recorded in the first national survey in 1993.
November 24, 2022
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Canada ranked last among universal health-care countries for specialist appointment waits and receipt of elective surgery.