“Ready for medically essential therapy stays a trademark of the Canadian health-care system, and along with elevated ache and struggling—and probably worse medical outcomes—these lengthy waits additionally value Canadians time at work and with household and buddies,” stated Esmail.
The institute’s annual survey of physicians revealed that the typical ready time from specialist appointment to therapy was 13.1 weeks. Nevertheless, when the typical time from seeing a normal practitioner to the specialist appointment was 14.6 weeks, greater than doubling the entire wait and rising the general monetary value.
“So long as prolonged wait occasions outline Canada’s health-care system, sufferers will proceed to pay a value in misplaced wages and diminished high quality of life,” stated Mackenzie Moir, a senior coverage analyst on the Fraser Institute and co-author of the research The Non-public Price of Public Queues for Medically Needed Care, 2024.
What’s the fee the place you’re?
Common worth of time misplaced through the work week in 2023 for sufferers ready for medically essential therapy (by province):
- British Columbia $2,963
- Alberta $3,470
- Saskatchewan $4,033
- Manitoba $2,277
- Ontario $1,660
- Quebec $2,828
- New Brunswick $4,800
- Nova Scotia $4,683
- Prince Edward Island $4,805
- Newfoundland and Labrador $1,915
Final yr, the institute calculated how a lot Canadians pay for well being care.