Health Care Wait Times

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Recent Health Care Wait Times Commentaries and Blog Posts

From 1993 to 2023, health-care wait times have increased by 198 per cent.

Appeared in the Halifax Chronicle Herald, July 20, 2024

Waits for a general surgeon in 2023 cost patients in the province $33.5 million in lost wages.

Appeared in the Winnipeg Sun, June 26, 2024

Wait times for non-emergency treatment in 2023 cost Canadians $3.5 billion in lost wages and productivity.

Appeared in the Toronto Sun, April 24, 2024

Among countries with universal health care, Canada has some of the lowest numbers of physicians, hospital beds and MRI machines.

Appeared in the Halifax Chronicle Herald, April 21, 2024

The province's median wait between referral from a family doctor and receipt of treatment was 56.7 weeks.

Appeared in Drishti Magazine, April 4, 2024

In 2021/22, 41 per cent of all hospital care in Australia took place in private facilities.

New Brunswickers who required medically-necessary surgeries endured a median wait for treatment of 52.6 weeks.

The province's average wait time for health care grew from 18.5 weeks in 2008 to 33.5 weeks in 2023.

The median wait in 2023 for an MRI was 12.9 weeks—two weeks longer than last year.

Appeared in the Calgary Sun, December 20, 2023

The province's median wait between referral and receipt of treatment was 33.5 weeks.