Canada’s median health-care wait time hits 30 weeks—longest ever recorded

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Probably an older thread, but could not find it.

 

Canada’s median health-care wait time hits 30 weeks—longest ever recorded

• Patients waited the longest for Orthopaedic Surgery (57.5 weeks) and Neurosurgery (46.2 weeks).
• By contrast, patients faced shorter waits for Radiation Oncology (4.5 weeks) and Medical Oncology (4.7 weeks).
• The national 30 week total wait is comprised of two segments. Referral by a GP to consultation with a specialist: 15.0 weeks. Consultation with a specialist to receipt of treatment: 15.0 weeks.

 

 

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/waiting-your-turn-wait-times-for-health-care-in-canada-2024

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A little more information of how a government just ignores their own problems.  Accountability?

 

Opinion: Alberta Health takes wrong turn on waiting list deaths
 

Clearly, governments like to set the bar quite high for private businesses when it comes to health and safety violations. But what about when governments make a mistake?
 

Alberta Health just took the already low bar it set for itself and eliminated it altogether. Poof. Gone. Who needs accountability anyway?
 

Last year in Alberta, the data showed 61 patients died while waiting for surgery. A further 179 died while waiting for a diagnostic scan. In the past, when a breakdown of the procedures was provided, the overwhelming majority were non-life-saving treatments such as cataract procedures and hip operations.

 

A patient is unlikely to die from not receiving their hip operation in time, but it certainly does affect someone’s quality of life in their final years. Waiting for a hip operation in and of itself may not kill you, but adapting a sedentary lifestyle while you wait for surgery just might — a lack of exercise can make health problems worse.

 

https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-alberta-health-takes-wrong-turn-on-waiting-list-deaths

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Elderly people who break their hip have shorter (or shortened) lifespans.  I've read this over the years.

Older people who can't see (cataracts) or hear well have diminished quality of life, which can shorten life.

Socialized medicine sucks.