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Dear John,
A new Fraser Institute study out today finds that Canadian patients waited longer than ever this year for medical treatment: an average of 25.6 weeks.
It suggests that COVID-19 and related hospital closures have exacerbated these challenges, but are not the cause of these historically long wait times.
Patients waited an estimated 20.9 weeks for medically necessary elective care in 2019—long before the pandemic started.
The study examines the total wait time faced by patients across 12 medical specialties, and also breaks down the provincial results. Check it out here, and be sure to share it with your friends and colleagues.
Stay safe,
Niels Veldhuis
President
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