Canadians must wait 41.7 weeks (on average) to receive medically necessary elective orthopaedic surgery.
Health Care
August 31, 2018
1:54PM
Survey says seven in 10 Canadians are ready for virtual doctor appointments.
August 16, 2018
9:09AM
Hospitals in Switzerland compete with one another for patients.
August 2, 2018
2:41PM
Review board’s new reference countries have more limited access to new and innovative drugs.
July 16, 2018
4:13PM
The original OHIP+ provided limited coverage to a population that largely didn’t need assistance.
April 12, 2018
1:11PM
Last year in B.C., the average wait time between referral to treatment was 26.6 weeks.
April 6, 2018
9:14AM
In Switzerland, the health-care system features managed competition among insurance companies and health-care providers.
March 1, 2018
1:27PM
In most countries with universal health care, patients share the cost of treatment—surgical or pharmaceutical.
February 27, 2018
10:56AM
The province will spend nearly $22 billion on health care in 2018/19.
February 7, 2018
5:15AM
Unlike Canadians, Germans do not face long wait times for health care.
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