In 2021, the median wait in Alberta between seeing a general practitioner and receiving treatment was 32.1 weeks.
waiting for medical care
June 23, 2022
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The vast majority of universal health-care systems worldwide employ some form of cost-sharing.
May 21, 2022
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The inability to provide timely access to care precedes the pandemic.
April 25, 2022
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The province's median wait time was about three months longer than the Canadian average.
April 4, 2022
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Canada only had 2.0 acute care beds per 1,000 population, ranking 25th out of the 26 countries.
November 25, 2021
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For elective surgery, 99 per cent of Germans reported waiting less than four months compared to 62 per cent of Canadians.
November 10, 2021
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Canada had 2.8 physicians per 1,000 population, ranking 26th out of 28 countries.
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.
November 6, 2013
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In most places, if you spend more, you receive more in goods or services. The glaring exception is Canada's government-run health care system.