Canadian wait times for health services

In the USA, 80% of bankruptcy is due to medical bills. In Canada, there
is a wait. However, it is more likely to happen on elective surgery.
Emergency treatment does not require a wait time. In the mean time, when waiting
a nurse comes to your home to provide services. Or, if you want to you
can take your voucher and go to the USA to get treatment.

http://www.health.gov.on.ca/transformation/wait_times/wt_data/data_ontario.html

Wait Times Across Ontario

In the table below you will find the provincial wait times for five key
health services. The data is based on procedures completed during the
month of July, 2005, at hospitals that are participating in the Wait Time
Strategy.

To better understand the data on this web site, how it was calculated
and its limitations, please read the
Wait Times Data Guide.

How You Can Use This Information
The data on this page helps you understand what the wait times are
across Ontario. These numbers can give you a sense of how wait times in your
areas compare with those across the province.
Wait Times in your area are available here

What wait time is measured?
Ontario measures the wait time from when a patient and surgeon decide
to proceed with surgery or exam, until when the actual procedure is
completed.

MEDIAN WAIT TIME: The point at which half the patients have completed
surgery or have had their exam, and the other half are still waiting.

AVERAGE WAIT TIME: The average length of time a patient waited to
complete surgery or have their exam. Averages may be influenced by one or two
very unusual cases of extremely short or long wait times.

90% COMPLETED WITHIN: The point at which 90 per cent of the patients
have completed surgery or have had their exam, and the other 10 per cent are
still waiting.

Hospitals Reporting Wait Times for key services completed in July 2005
Service Hospitals reporting that provide this service1 Completed
Procedures

Wait Times (in days)
Median Average 90% Completed Within
Cancer Surgery 35 of 68 1,891 22 34 69
Cardiac
• Angiography2
• Angioplasty
• Bypass surgery2
17 of 17
12 of 12
11 of 11

340
548
212

13
4
21

18
9
30

43
22
70

Cataract Surgery 61 of 77 7,128 85 139 315
Joint Replacement
• Hip
• Knee
52 of 60
53 of 60
700
1,055
104
146

162
202

341
441

Diagnostic Scans
• MRI
• CT
30 of 41
30 of 70
21,027
44,908
31
13

53
28

117
71

1Hospitals providing more than 100 cancer surgeries per year.
2Wait times for Cardiac surgeries are for elective surgery only.