health care wait times

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The private cost of health-care queues in Canada

In 2017, wait times cost the Canadian economy an estimated $1.9 billion—roughly $1,800 per person waiting.


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Private for-profit hospitals comprise 39 per cent of hospitals in Australia and 43 per cent in Germany.


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Other universal health-care countries including France, Japan and Sweden practise cost-sharing.


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Universal health-care systems in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany and Australia include private insurers and/or providers.