This year’s median wait is almost three times longer than the wait recorded in the first national survey in 1993.
health care wait times
Septembre 9, 2022
8:34AM
Canada ranked last on the timeliness of both specialist and elective surgical care.
Juillet 13, 2022
12:00PM
In 2021, the median wait in Alberta between seeing a general practitioner and receiving treatment was 32.1 weeks.
Avril 27, 2022
9:55AM
Canadians could expect a median wait time of 49.2 weeks for neurosurgery.
Mars 9, 2022
1:20PM
Albertans waited 32.1 weeks for medically necessary treatment—6.5 weeks longer than the Canadian average.
Décembre 16, 2021
9:39AM
In 2021, Canadians could expect to wait 25.6 weeks (on average) between referral to treatment.
Septembre 8, 2021
1:09PM
The province's MRI wait time was longer than the national average.
Août 27, 2021
8:07AM
Since 1999, the provincial government increased health-care spending by more than 78 per cent.
Août 12, 2021
9:06AM
Canada ranked last on timely access to specialist consultations and elective/non-emergency surgery.