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Why does it take so long to see a specialist in Ontario?
Why some numbers are not available If you see sections that say “no data,” there could be a few reasons why, such as: the number of patients treated is too low to report. the service isn’t available at the hospital you’ve selected. there were no patients treated during the reporting period.
How long does an MRI take Canada?
11.1 weeks
Patients also experience significant waiting times for various diagnostic technologies across the provinces. This year, Canadians could expect to wait 3.7 weeks for a computed tomography (CT) scan, 11.1 weeks for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan, and 4.0 weeks for an ultrasound.
How long does it take to see a doctor in Canada?
Canadians visit the emergency department more than other countries – and we wait longer, too: It takes about four hours of waiting to see a doctor when you’re at the emergency department.
How long should you wait to see a specialist?
The 2014 Commonwealth Fund Survey of Older Adults found that 70 percent of primary care doctors thought that their patients often had long wait times to see specialists. It also found more than 25 percent of patients surveyed waited at least two months to see a specialist—the worst of all 11 countries surveyed.
Do wait times for surgery and imaging tests really matter in Canada?
Canadian wait times for surgery and certain imaging tests have made headlines since the early 2000s, when the provinces agreed to a joint plan that did reduce wait times for priority surgeries after the patient had seen the surgeon. But we’re far less likely to hear about the time patients wait to see a specialist.
Does Canada have longer waiting times for health services?
SHANOOR SEERVAI: So one of the things that we hear about in the U.S. when our two health systems are compared is that Canada has really long waiting times for health services. How long do people really have to wait to get care?