waiting for health care

8:00AM
Printer-friendly version
Despite high spending, Alberta’s health-care system is failing

Patients in the province faced a median wait of 33.3 weeks between seeing a general practitioner and receiving treatment.


8:10AM
Printer-friendly version
More private clinics will help Ontario—but province needs fundamental health-care reform

Patients in the province faced a median wait of 20.3 weeks between seeing a general practitioner and receiving treatment in 2022.


9:03AM
Printer-friendly version
Alberta needs fundamental reform to tackle health-care wait times

Patients in the province faced a median wait of 33.3 weeks between seeing a general practitioner and receiving treatment.


10:13AM
Printer-friendly version
Canada’s health-care wait times hit record high of 27.4 weeks

This year’s median wait is almost three times longer than the wait recorded in the first national survey in 1993.


12:00PM
Printer-friendly version
Alberta takes another step towards reducing health-care wait times

In 2021, the median wait in Alberta between seeing a general practitioner and receiving treatment was 32.1 weeks.


2:12PM
Printer-friendly version
Comparing Canada’s health-care system with other countries, Part I: Availability of Resources

Canada only had 2.0 acute care beds per 1,000 population, ranking 25th out of the 26 countries.


9:29AM
Printer-friendly version
Long health-care wait times hurt Canadians in many ways
According to the survey, an estimated 1.2 million Canadians waited for treatment last year.