Last year, the median wait between a specialist referral and treatment was 14.8 weeks in Canada.
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April 27, 2023
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Nova Scotians waited 58.2 weeks (on average) between referral from a GP to receipt of treatment.
February 14, 2023
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The French health-care system features several safety nets to protect vulnerable patients.
February 8, 2023
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Patients in the province faced a median wait of 33.3 weeks between seeing a general practitioner and receiving treatment.
January 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.
December 19, 2022
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This year’s median wait is almost three times longer than the wait recorded in the first national survey in 1993.
November 24, 2022
8:37AM
Canada ranked last among universal health-care countries for specialist appointment waits and receipt of elective surgery.
October 28, 2022
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Outpatient pharmaceuticals in Belgium are usually partially reimbursed through a third-party payer scheme.
October 7, 2022
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Last year, Canadians could expect to wait 25.6 weeks from referral by a family physician to elective surgical care.
August 4, 2022
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There's a clear imbalance between health-care spending and performance in Canada.