Canada ranked last on the timeliness of both specialist and elective surgical care.
health care wait times
July 13, 2022
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In 2021, the median wait in Alberta between seeing a general practitioner and receiving treatment was 32.1 weeks.
April 27, 2022
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Canadians could expect a median wait time of 49.2 weeks for neurosurgery.
March 9, 2022
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Albertans waited 32.1 weeks for medically necessary treatment—6.5 weeks longer than the Canadian average.
December 16, 2021
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In 2021, Canadians could expect to wait 25.6 weeks (on average) between referral to treatment.
September 8, 2021
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The province's MRI wait time was longer than the national average.
August 27, 2021
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Since 1999, the provincial government increased health-care spending by more than 78 per cent.
August 12, 2021
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Canada ranked last on timely access to specialist consultations and elective/non-emergency surgery.
May 5, 2021
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The elective surgery queue cost 1.2 million Canadians a total of $2.8 billion in lost wages and productivity.