In Australia, governments regularly contract with private hospitals to provide surgical care.
health care wait lists
April 22, 2024
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The province's median wait between referral from a family doctor and receipt of treatment was 56.7 weeks.
December 21, 2023
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The province's median wait between referral and receipt of treatment was 33.5 weeks.
October 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.
January 23, 2023
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Patients in the province faced a median wait of 20.3 weeks between seeing a general practitioner and receiving treatment in 2022.
May 21, 2022
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The inability to provide timely access to care precedes the pandemic.
December 21, 2020
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Switzerland and the Netherlands use cost-sharing to incentivize more efficient use of medical resources.
December 7, 2017
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Universal health-care systems in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany and Australia include private insurers and/or providers.
August 9, 2016
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The average unattached Canadian will pay about $4,257 this year, while an average family of four will pay $11,494.
January 30, 2012
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