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In Canada, since the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increasing reliance on private clinics contracted to deliver publicly funded surgeries – despite the controversy these arrangements produce. Australia’s health-care system outranks Canada on a range of performance indicators while characterized by a deep integration between its private and public sectors.
Each year, the Fraser Institute surveys physicians across twelve specialties and the ten provinces in order to document the queues for visits to specialists and for diagnostic and surgical procedures in Canada. Waiting Your Turn: Wait Times for Health Care in Canada, 2023 Report reports the results of this year’s survey. In 2023, physicians report a median wait time of...
