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Canadian Health Care System Wait Times

Progress on Wait Times

The Canadian government is implementing a plan to increase access and reduce wait times for major health services. These targets will serve as important goals for hospitals, Local Health Integration Networks and for the government as we work to improve access.

The four aims of Canada’s wait times strategy are :

Significantly increasing the number of procedures to reduce the backlog that has developed over the last decade

Investing in new, more efficient technology such as MRI machines and extending hours of operations

Standardizing best practices for both medical and administrative functions in order to improve patient flow and efficiency

Collecting and reporting accurate and up-to-date data on wait times to allow better decision making and increase accountability

Canada’s access targets were developed after consultation with clinical experts from across Ontario. They reflect a new priority system being developed to better and more consistently manage the way patients access key services across the province, based on the urgency of their need for treatment.

Other elements of Canada’s Wait Times Strategy include significantly increasing the number of procedures to reduce the backlog that has developed over the last decade, investments in new, more efficient technology such as MRI machines, standardizing best practices for both medical and administrative functions, and collecting and reporting accurate and up-to-date data on wait times to allow better decision making and increase accountability.

Wait times are the point at which nearly all patients (90%) have completed surgery or have had their exam.

In the table below you will find the provincial wait times for key health services. The data is based on procedures completed for the most current time period, at hospitals that are participating in the Wait Time Strategy, accounting for more than 80 per cent of Ontario’s total cases for these services.

ServiceDays
(Fall/Winter)
Days
(Spring/Summer)
Percentage
Completed
Within Target**
General Surgery1219997%
Cancer Surgery816195%
Angiography5623–
Angioplasty2813–
Bypass Surgery4957100%
Ophthalmic Surgery313010698%
Cataract Surgery31113094%
  Other ophthalmic surgery11411992%
Orthopaedic surgery19018690%
Hip replacement35121886%
Knee replacement44029777%
  Other orthopaedic surgery17519189%
MRI12011147%
CT815874%
Paediatric surgery*273*24684%

Call the ministry INFOline at 1-888-779-7767

Medical Advisor

Dr. Elaine Luo is a board-certified internal medicine physician. She graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts.

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