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Dear John,
Quebec has increasingly used private clinics as part of its universal health care system, particularly during and after the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce the surgical backlog.
A new study published by the Fraser Institute today finds that 1-in-6 government-funded surgeries in Quebec now take place in private clinics.
Following a 2006 Supreme Court ruling, private surgical clinics are allowed to perform select surgeries that are covered by the Quebec health-care system.
Initially they were allowed only for knee and hip replacements and cataract surgeries, but now there are 51 procedures covered in Quebec’s public system that can also be performed in private surgical clinics.
As a result, the number of private surgical clinics in Quebec has grown from 45 in 2014 to 73 this year.
The Quebec experience shows that private clinics are a complement to, and not a substitute for, the public system.
Learn more here, and share it with friends and colleagues who would be interested!
Sincerely,
Niels Veldhuis
President
The Fraser Institute
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