More than one million patients in Canada waited almost 20 weeks (on average) for medically necessary care last year.
cost of waiting for care
July 2, 2020
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In 2019, more than 166,000 patients in the province were waiting for treatment after seeing a specialist.
June 4, 2020
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Wait times cost Canadians up to $1,963 for each person waiting for treatment.
May 11, 2020
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An estimated 1,064,286 Canadians waited for medically necessary treatment in 2019.
April 23, 2020
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Patients could expect to wait almost 21 weeks for elective treatment.
January 10, 2020
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In 2019, Alberta spent significantly more per person on health care than any other large province.
December 30, 2019
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In 2019, patients in Nova Scotia waited 33.3 weeks from referral by a family doctor to treatment.
April 12, 2018
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Last year in B.C., the average wait time between referral to treatment was 26.6 weeks.