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The Fraser Institute's thirteenth annual waiting
list survey found that waiting times for surgical and other
therapeutic treatments grew in 2003. Total waiting time between
referral from a general practitioner and treatment, averaged
across all 12 specialties and 10 provinces surveyed, rose from
16.5 weeks in 2001-02 to 17.7 weeks in 2003. This nationwide
deterioration reflects waiting-time increases in 7 provinces,
while concealing decreases in waiting time in British Columbia,
Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.
Among the provinces, Ontario achieved the shortest total wait in
2003, 14.3 weeks, with Manitoba (15.1 weeks) and British Columbia
(17.6 weeks) next shortest. Saskatchewan exhibited the longest
total wait, 29.9 weeks; the next longest waits were found in
Newfoundland (21.8 weeks) and New Brunswick (21.1
weeks).
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