Health Sciences 3400A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Plastic Surgery, Fraser Institute, Oncology
14 Dec 2017
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Lecture 3 - wait times for health care. Be able to describe the factors that led to such long wait times in canada. Be able to describe the physical/medical and economic impact that wait times for health care have on canadians. Be able to list several possible solutions, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of each. Wait times for care is now becoming an issue that must soon be addressed. The amount of time canadians wait for health care has steadily increased, and canadians are now waiting longer than ever to receive medically necessary health care. Canadians report the longest waits across 11 developed countries: australia, france, germany, norway, sweden, switzerland, uk, us, etc. 56% of patients wait longer than a month to see specialists: average world wide is 36% o. In 2016, wait times for medically necessary treatment has increased from 18. 3 weeks in 2015, to. 20 weeks (from gp referral to specialist treatment) o.
