Participating hospitals have reduced wait times to well below the provincial average.
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Novembre 30, 2023
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Novembre 24, 2023
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The province's wait times were 6.5 weeks longer than the national average.
Octobre 31, 2023
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Wait times in the province more than doubled from 10.4 weeks in 1993 to 25.8 weeks in 2022.
Juillet 31, 2023
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Canada now has the most expensive universal health-care system in the world.
Juillet 17, 2023
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An estimated 181,333 Albertans faced a median wait of 19.2 weeks between specialist consultation and treatment.
Juin 1, 2023
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The province's median wait time between referral to a specialist and receipt of treatment was 43.3 weeks.
Mai 19, 2023
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The median wait between specialist visit to treatment in the province exceeded what physicians consider reasonable by more than one month.
Mai 17, 2023
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Countries with shorter wait times do universal health care differently than Canada.
Avril 27, 2023
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Patients in the province could expect to wait 25.8 weeks (on average) between a specialist referral and receipt of treatment.