The province's median wait between referral from a family doctor and receipt of treatment was 56.7 weeks.
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In 2021/22, 41 per cent of all hospital care in Australia took place in private facilities.
Last year Canadians endured the longest median wait time (27.7 weeks) ever recorded for non-emergency surgery.
Other countries include the private sector as a partner in the universal health-care framework.
Last year, the median wait between a specialist referral and treatment was 14.8 weeks in Canada.
Nova Scotians waited 58.2 weeks (on average) between referral from a GP to receipt of treatment.
The French health-care system features several safety nets to protect vulnerable patients.
Patients in the province faced a median wait of 33.3 weeks between seeing a general practitioner and receiving treatment.
Patients in the province faced a median wait of 20.3 weeks between seeing a general practitioner and receiving treatment in 2022.
This year’s median wait is almost three times longer than the wait recorded in the first national survey in 1993.