{"id":397023,"date":"2020-12-10T05:03:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T10:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=397023"},"modified":"2020-12-10T05:03:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T10:03:07","slug":"fraser-institute-news-release-canadas-health-care-wait-times-hit-22-6-weeks-in-2020-longest-ever-recorded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/fraser-institute-news-release-canadas-health-care-wait-times-hit-22-6-weeks-in-2020-longest-ever-recorded\/","title":{"rendered":"Fraser Institute News Release: Canada\u2019s health-care wait times hit 22.6 weeks in 2020\u2014longest ever recorded"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mw_release\">\n<p align=\"left\">VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec.  10, 2020  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Canadian patients waited longer than ever this year for medical treatment, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.<\/p>\n<p>The study, an annual survey of physicians from across Canada, reports a median wait time of 22.6 weeks\u2014the longest ever recorded\u2014and 143 per cent higher than the 9.3 weeks Canadians waited in 1993, when national estimates of the wait for medically necessary elective treatments were first calculated.<\/p>\n<p>Before this year, the longest recorded median wait time was 21.2 weeks in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExcessively long wait times remain a defining characteristic of Canada\u2019s health-care system,\u201d said Bacchus Barua, associate director of the Fraser Institute\u2019s Centre for Health Policy Studies and co-author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fraserinstitute.org\/studies\/waiting-your-turn-wait-times-for-health-care-in-canada-2020?utm_source=Media-Releases&amp;utm_campaign=Waiting-Your-Turn-2020&amp;utm_medium=Media&amp;utm_content=Learn_More&amp;utm_term=700\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Wait<\/em><\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fraserinstitute.org\/studies\/waiting-your-turn-wait-times-for-health-care-in-canada-2020?utm_source=Media-Releases&amp;utm_campaign=Waiting-Your-Turn-2020&amp;utm_medium=Media&amp;utm_content=Learn_More&amp;utm_term=700\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>ing<\/em><\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fraserinstitute.org\/studies\/waiting-your-turn-wait-times-for-health-care-in-canada-2020?utm_source=Media-Releases&amp;utm_campaign=Waiting-Your-Turn-2020&amp;utm_medium=Media&amp;utm_content=Learn_More&amp;utm_term=700\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em> Your Turn<\/em><\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fraserinstitute.org\/studies\/waiting-your-turn-wait-times-for-health-care-in-canada-2020?utm_source=Media-Releases&amp;utm_campaign=Waiting-Your-Turn-2020&amp;utm_medium=Media&amp;utm_content=Learn_More&amp;utm_term=700\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>: Wait Times for Health Care in Canada,<\/em><\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fraserinstitute.org\/studies\/waiting-your-turn-wait-times-for-health-care-in-canada-2020?utm_source=Media-Releases&amp;utm_campaign=Waiting-Your-Turn-2020&amp;utm_medium=Media&amp;utm_content=Learn_More&amp;utm_term=700\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em> 20<\/em><\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fraserinstitute.org\/studies\/waiting-your-turn-wait-times-for-health-care-in-canada-2020?utm_source=Media-Releases&amp;utm_campaign=Waiting-Your-Turn-2020&amp;utm_medium=Media&amp;utm_content=Learn_More&amp;utm_term=700\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>20<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. \u201cWhile this year\u2019s reported wait times have been undoubtedly influenced by the ongoing pandemic, historical data suggests they are also the result of decades of policy inertia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The study examines the total wait time faced by patients across 12 medical specialties from referral by a general practitioner (i.e. family doctor) to consultation with a specialist, to when the patient ultimately receives treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Among the provinces, Ontario recorded the shortest wait time at 17.4 weeks\u2014up from 16 weeks in 2019. Prince Edward Island recorded the longest wait time in Canada at 46.5 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Among the various specialties, national wait times were longest between a referral by a GP and ophthalmology surgery (34.1 weeks) and shortest for medical oncology (4.2 weeks).<\/p>\n<p>Crucially, physicians report that their patients are waiting more than four weeks longer for treatment (after seeing a specialist) than what they consider to be clinically reasonable.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the survey\u2019s response rate, but more than one-in-ten physicians surveyed across the country still participated, with more than 1,200 responses. Further, almost three decades of pre-COVID data confirm that wait times in Canada are not just long but have gotten progressively worse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLong wait times aren\u2019t simply minor inconveniences, they can result in increased suffering for patients, lost productivity at work, a decreased quality of life, and in the worst cases, disability or death,\u201d Barua said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile combatting COVID-19 certainly requires our immediate attention, we should also work towards returning to a better-normal &#8211; with shorter wait times &#8211; once the pandemic is over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n        <strong>Median wait times by province (in weeks)<\/strong>\n      <\/p>\n<table style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;border-collapse: collapse;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"max-width:24%;width:24%;min-width:24%;border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>PROVINCE<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:13%;width:13%;min-width:13%;border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>201<\/strong><br \/>\n            <strong>9<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:13%;width:13%;min-width:13%;border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>20<\/strong><br \/>\n            <strong>20<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:24%;width:24%;min-width:24%;border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>PROVINCE<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:13%;width:13%;min-width:13%;border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>201<\/strong><br \/>\n            <strong>9<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:13%;width:13%;min-width:13%;border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>20<\/strong><br \/>\n            <strong>20<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: top\">British Columbia<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">24.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>26.6<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: top\">Quebec<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">16.3<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>18.8<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: top\">Alberta<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">28.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>29.4<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: top\">New Brunswick<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">39.7<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>41.3<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: top\">Saskatchewan<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">26.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>21.7<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: top\">Nova Scotia<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">33.3<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>43.8<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: top\">Manitoba<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">32.4<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>23.7<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: top\">P.E.I.<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">49.3<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>46.5<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: top\">Ontario<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">16.0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>17.4<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: top\">Newfoundland and Labrador<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">23.4<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>29.2<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n        <strong><br \/>\n          <br \/>MEDIA CONTACT<\/strong>: <br \/>Bacchus Barua, Associate Director, Centre for Health Policy Studies<br \/>Fraser Institute<\/p>\n<p>\n        <em>For interviews with <\/em><br \/>\n        <em>Bacchus <\/em><br \/>\n        <em>Barua<\/em><br \/>\n        <em> or for more information<\/em><br \/>\n        <em>, <\/em><br \/>\n        <em>please contact:<\/em>\n      <\/p>\n<p>Drue MacPherson, Junior Media Relations Coordinator Fraser Institute<br \/>Tel: (604) 688-0221 Ext. 721<br \/>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:drue.macpherson@fraserinstitute.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">drue.macpherson@fraserinstitute.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Follow the Fraser Institute on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/fraserinstitute\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" 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Its mission is to improve the quality of life for Canadians, their families and future generations by studying, measuring and broadly communicating the effects of government policies, entrepreneurship and choice on their well-being. To protect the Institute\u2019s independence, it does not accept grants from governments or contracts for research. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fraserinstitute.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>www.fraserinstitute.org<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/ti?nf=ODA5ODk3NiMzODYyNTM2IzIwOTM5NjQ=\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/release\/track\/e872be19-8d8a-4465-80a1-0a610fe54bd1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"mw_contactinfo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Canadian patients waited longer than ever this year for medical treatment, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. The study, an annual survey of physicians from across Canada, reports a median wait time of 22.6 weeks\u2014the longest ever recorded\u2014and 143 per cent higher than the 9.3 weeks Canadians waited in 1993, when national estimates of the wait for medically necessary elective treatments were first calculated. Before this year, the longest recorded median wait time was 21.2 weeks in 2017. \u201cExcessively long wait times remain a defining characteristic of Canada\u2019s health-care system,\u201d said Bacchus Barua, associate director of the Fraser Institute\u2019s Centre &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/fraser-institute-news-release-canadas-health-care-wait-times-hit-22-6-weeks-in-2020-longest-ever-recorded\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fraser Institute News Release: Canada\u2019s health-care wait times hit 22.6 weeks in 2020\u2014longest ever recorded&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-397023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fraser Institute News Release: Canada\u2019s health-care wait times hit 22.6 weeks in 2020\u2014longest ever recorded - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/fraser-institute-news-release-canadas-health-care-wait-times-hit-22-6-weeks-in-2020-longest-ever-recorded\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fraser Institute News Release: Canada\u2019s health-care wait times hit 22.6 weeks in 2020\u2014longest ever recorded - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Canadian patients waited longer than ever this year for medical treatment, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. 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