Canada ranks dead-last for the number of acute-care beds.
canadian wait times for medical treatment
September 28, 2017
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July 26, 2017
1:41PM
New survey corroborates troubling health-care wait-times trend.
July 12, 2017
9:35AM
Single-payer health-care systems are often only able to lower costs by rationing services.
December 16, 2016
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The estimated wait this year between referral from a GP to receipt of treatment was 20 weeks—the longest ever in the history of our survey.
September 30, 2016
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In 2014, Canadian physicians reported that patients faced an 18.2 week wait from referral by a general practitioner to receipt of treatment.
September 26, 2016
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With the freedom to innovate, provinces experimented with a wide range of welfare reforms.
September 20, 2016
2:06PM
Our health-care system is expensive, delivers poor-to-modest results, and fails to achieve many of its laudable aspirations.
September 20, 2016
12:40PM
Dr. Brian Day, former head of the Canadian Medical Association, is currently fighting to allow private treatment for patients.
June 28, 2016
12:45PM
Province contracted-out select day surgeries to private clinics, expanding total surgical capacity in a short period of time.
April 26, 2016
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Long wait times costs Canadians time and money.