Canadians have some of the worst access to medical technologies, physicians and hospital beds in the developed world.
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In 2021/22, 41 per cent of all hospital care in Australia took place in private facilities.
In other countries with universal health care, patients are free to seek care privately and are not shackled to the government system.
The median wait time for surgery in Alberta was 33.5 weeks, one of the longest waits in the country.
The province went from having some of the longest waits for surgery to some of the shortest.
Australia’s health-care system outperformed Canada’s on many measures including the availability of physicians and hospital beds.
Only 62 per cent of patients in Canada received elective care within four months compared to 99 per cent in Germany.
The median wait time between referral from a family doctor to treatment now stands at 27.7 weeks.
Among universal health-care countries, Canada ranks poorly on several key indictors including number of hospital beds.