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1. Effect of Wait Times on Mortality in Canada

   Wait times for health care in Canada have lengthened considerably over the past two decades. Across 12 major medical specialties, the estimated typical wait time has risen from 9.3 weeks in 1993 to 18.2 weeks in 2013. These inordinately long waits, among ...

2. Muddled medical thinking and a meddlesome Alberta doctor

   Appeared in the National Post and Calgary Herald One irony of Canadian life is that the most economically free province in the country, Alberta, often has government policy that is the most hostile to private health care. Another irony, this time right ...

3. Summer health care forecast: Typical slowdown with risk of increased sluggishness

   Appeared in the Fredericton Gleaner, Sundre Round Up and Nelson Daily.com Get ready for Medicare’s annual summer slowdown, where the forecast calls for possibly poorer than usual service levels. Every year, provincial health care systems across Canada ...

4. Hospital Report Card Alberta 2009

   The Fraser Institute's Hospital Report Card Alberta 2009 is constructed to help patients choose the best hospital for their inpatient care by providing them with information on the performance of acute-care hospitals in Alberta. https://www ...

5. Hospital Report Card: British Columbia 2009

   The Fraser Institute's Hospital Report Card: British Columbia 2009 is constructed to help patients choose the best hospital for their inpatient care by providing them with information on the performance of acute-care hospitals in British Columbia. ...

6. Hospital Report Card: Ontario 2009

   The Fraser Institute's Hospital Report Card: Ontario 2009 is constructed to help patients choose the best hospital for their inpatient care by providing them with information on the performance of acute-care hospitals in Ontario. https://www ...

7. How Good Is Canadian Health Care? 2008 Report

   This 2008 edition of How Good Is Canadian Health Care? provides answers to a series of questions that are important to resolve if Canada is to make the correct choices as it amends its health care policies. In this study, we primarily compare Canada to ...

8. Hospital Report Card: Ontario 2008

   The Fraser Institute's Hospital Report Card: Ontario 2008 is constructed to help patients choose the best hospital for their inpatient care by providing them with information on the performance of Ontario acute-care hospitals. The information in this ...

9. Hospital Report Card: British Columbia 2008

   The Fraser Institute's Hospital Report Card: British Columbia 2008 is constructed to help patients choose the best hospital for their inpatient care by providing them with information on the performance of acute-care hospitals in British Columbia. ...

10. How Good Is Canadian Health Care? 2007 Report

    This 2007 edition of How Good Is Canadian Health Care? provides answers to a series of questions that are important to resolve if Canada is to make the correct choices as it amends its health care policies. In this study, we primarily compare Canada to ...