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September 11, 2024 11:30AM

B.C. government should improve health-care access at home rather than ship patients to U.S.

Mackenzie Moir, Alicia Kardos
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B.C. government should improve health-care access at home rather than ship patients to U.S.

Last year patients in the province faced a median wait of 27.7 weeks from GP referral to a specialist to treatment.

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bc health care, bc hospitals, private clinics, private health care
July 30, 2024 3:30AM

More money won’t solve B.C.’s health-care crisis
Tegan Hill, Mackenzie Moir
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More money won’t solve B.C.’s health-care crisis

Last year the province's median wait time between referral from a family doctor and treatment was 27.7 weeks.

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bc health care, health care insurance, waiting list, health care costs, bc government spending, hospital wait times, surgery wait, hospital wait list
May 7, 2024 1:00AM

Understanding British Columbia’s Public Management Challenge
Ben Eisen, Milagros Palacios
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Understanding British Columbia’s Public Management Challenge
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bc government spending, bc economy, british columbia finances, bc's competitiveness, british columbia economy, bc health care
December 12, 2023 10:59AM

B.C. government sends patients to U.S. while fighting private options in B.C.
Mackenzie Moir, Bacchus Barua
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B.C. government sends patients to U.S. while fighting private options in B.C.
The total wait between referral to treatment for oncology in B.C. is now about twice as long as the Canadian average.
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April 27, 2023 5:30PM

Courts deal another blow to B.C. patients waiting for health care

Bacchus Barua, Mackenzie Moir
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Courts deal another blow to B.C. patients waiting for health care

Patients in the province could expect to wait 25.8 weeks (on average) between a specialist referral and receipt of treatment.

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April 12, 2018 1:11PM

Cracking down on private clinics means cracking down on patients in need
Bacchus Barua
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Last year in B.C., the average wait time between referral to treatment was 26.6 weeks.

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health care, universal access health care, access to health care, cost of waiting for care, health care wait times, bc health care, john horgan, adrian dix, MRI, german health care
February 23, 2017 10:32AM

B.C. budget does nothing to reform health care despite long wait times
Bacchus Barua
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In 2016, B.C. patients waited 25.2 weeks for medically necessary treatment after referral from a GP.

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health care wait times, bc health care, christy clark, costs of waiting, hospitals, paitents, metro vancouver