In 2021, Canadians could expect to wait 25.6 weeks (on average) between referral to treatment.
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September 8, 2021
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The province's MRI wait time was longer than the national average.
August 23, 2021
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The province spent more per-capita on health care than any other province.
June 28, 2021
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The province had the capacity to perform more than 1.3 million CT exams but only 419,000 were actually performed.
May 26, 2021
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Canada has the seventh-worst “case fatality rate” among advanced countries.
March 4, 2021
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According to the Quebec government, an estimated 140,000 patients are waiting for surgery in the province.
February 2, 2021
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The provincial government contracted several private surgical clinics to help clear the backlog.
December 21, 2020
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Switzerland and the Netherlands use cost-sharing to incentivize more efficient use of medical resources.
December 17, 2020
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In 2020, patients in New Brunswick faced a median 41.3 week wait for medically necessary treatment.
