Wait times in the province more than doubled from 10.4 weeks in 1993 to 25.8 weeks in 2022.
health care wait lists
Janvier 23, 2023
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Patients in the province faced a median wait of 20.3 weeks between seeing a general practitioner and receiving treatment in 2022.
Mai 21, 2022
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The inability to provide timely access to care precedes the pandemic.
Décembre 21, 2020
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Switzerland and the Netherlands use cost-sharing to incentivize more efficient use of medical resources.
Décembre 7, 2017
9:53AM
Universal health-care systems in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany and Australia include private insurers and/or providers.
Août 9, 2016
10:43AM
The average unattached Canadian will pay about $4,257 this year, while an average family of four will pay $11,494.
Janvier 30, 2012
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Mars 16, 2004
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Over the last week, roughly 90 people served by the Saskatoon health authority have been told that they will have to wait one month longer in pain and discomfort because of a budgetary shortfall. Though patients served by the Regina Health Region have been spared the cancellations, the budgetary and capacity issues there are no less real. But are the budgetary shortfalls and the resulting cancellations caused by a lack of health spending or by an inefficient use of those funds?