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Private clinics were a key component in the Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative (SSI), which reduced waiting times by 47% between 2010 and 2014.

The Saskatchewan government launched the SSI to tackle medical wait times for non-emergency but necessary surgical procedures, and used private clinics to perform publicly funded surgeries.

The study finds that from 2010 to 2014, the median wait time from when a patient is referred by their family doctor to a specialist to when treatment was completed fell by 47% to 14.2 weeks.

Adopting an enhanced and bolder version of the SSI would give more timely access to care for patients with better value provided for taxpayer money.

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