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Access and wait times

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AVÐÇÇò provides timely and comparable data and information to guide decisions about improving both access to care and wait times for receiving a health service. For some services, this information includes the proportion of patients treated within benchmark time frames. Explore information on access and wait times, including indicators, data tables, reports and other key resources.

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Measuring access to priority health services

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  • November 30, 2023
Explore the latest products related to new pan-Canadian indicators about access to home and community care and to mental health and substance use services.

Commonwealth Fund survey, 2023

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  • March 21, 2024
The 2023 Commonwealth Fund survey looked at the views and health care experiences of the general population age 18+ in 10 high-income countries, including Canada.

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Access and wait times: Reports and releases

Access and wait times: Reports and releases jtseng_master

This page lists access and wait time reports, stories, infographics and release summaries.

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Improving Caesarean section access

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Pan-Canadian data analysis contributes to the creation of collaborative groups of locum specialist physicians to improve Caesarean section access in rural and remote areas.

Organ donation and transplantation data and reporting

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This release, created as part of the AVÐÇÇò-Infoway ODT Data and Performance Reporting System Project, features health system performance indicators, ODT at a glance (an interactive tool) and infographics.

Wait times for priority procedures in Canada, 2024

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Explore recent trends in volumes and wait times for hip and knee replacements, cataract and cancer surgeries, and diagnostic imaging at national and provincial levels.

Commonwealth Fund survey, 2023

  • Release summary
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The 2023 Commonwealth Fund survey looked at the views and health care experiences of the general population age 18+ in 10 high-income countries, including Canada.

Shared Health Priorities

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Working with the federal/provincial/territorial governments, AVÐÇÇò is developing indicators to measure access to services for mental health and substance use, and home and community care.

Measuring access to priority health services

  • Release summary
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Explore the latest products related to new pan-Canadian indicators about access to home and community care and to mental health and substance use services.

Access and wait times: Data tables

Access and wait times: Data tables jtseng_master

This page lists data tables that provide information about access and wait times.

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Access and wait times: Indicators

Access and wait times: Indicators jtseng_master

This page lists AVÐÇÇò’s access and wait time indicators.

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Asthma Emergency Department Visits: Volume and Median Length of Stay

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This indicator provides the number of emergency department (ED) visits and median length of stay (in minutes) for asthma. The length of stay is the time elapsed from the patient's registration to the time he or she physically leaves the ED.

Caregiver Distress

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This indicator provides the percentage of long-stay home care clients whose unpaid caregivers experience distress in a 1-year period.

Death at Home or in Community

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​​This indicator provides the percentage of Canadians who die at home or in the community each year.

Access and wait times: Tools

Access and wait times: Tools jtseng_master

This page lists AVÐÇÇò’s performance reporting tools that contain access and wait time data.

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Data Preview for Indicators Tool

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The Data Preview for Indicators web tool is used by stakeholders to review or validate their indicator results before they are made publicly available.

NACRS Clinic Lite

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Canadian ambulatory clinics can use NACRS Clinic Lite for low-cost data collection and data reporting.

Your Health System: In Brief

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Your Health System: In Brief is an interactive health information tool that explores the five themes that Canadians told us were the most important.

Your Health System: In Depth

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Explore Canadian health care and compare interactive data by hospital, long-term care organization, region and more

Your Health System: Insight

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Your Health System: Insight is an analytical tool that allows health care providers and analysts to dig deeper into indicator results. Find out more about what Insight can offer, how to get access and the data refresh schedule.

Access and wait times: Data holdings

Access and wait times: Data holdings jtseng_master

This page contains information about AVÐÇÇò’s access and wait time data holdings. 

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Commonwealth Fund metadata

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Source, data coverage, data availability, data elements and data quality of The Commonwealth Fund (CMWF).

Wait time metadata

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Metadata on surgical procedure wait times, including hip and knee replacement, hip fracture repair, cataract surgery, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), radiation therapy and diagnostic imaging (MRI and CT scan).

Access and wait times: News and podcasts

Access and wait times: News and podcasts jtseng_master

This page contains media releases, bulletins and podcast episodes about access and wait times.

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Shared Health Priorities indicators, June 2024

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New indicators for 4 priority areas: primary health care; health workforce and surgeries; mental health and substance use; and electronic health information.

Palliative Care in Canada — Dr. Naheed Dosani

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In this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro speaks with Dr. Naheed Dosani about the state of palliative care in Canada and why it is such a critical part of health care.

Virtual Care in Canada — Dr. Ewan Affleck

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In this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro speaks with Dr. Ewan Affleck about the future of virtual care in Canada and why he is so passionate about continuing its growth.

Virtual Care in Canada — Dr. Onil Bhattacharyya

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In this episode of the CHIP, host Alya Niang speaks with Dr. Onil Bhattacharyya about the future of virtual care in Canada and why he is so passionate about continuing its growth.

Surgical Wait Times in Canada — Dr. David Urbach

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In this episode of the CHIP, host Avis Favaro speaks with Dr. David Urbach about the causes of surgical backlogs in Canada and what could be done to fix the problems for the long term.

Access and wait times: Education resources

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Through our Learning Centre, AVÐÇÇò provides opportunities for health professionals to understand our evolving reporting systems and the application of our standards, data and analytics. We offer many courses and resources for a variety of audiences, including clinicians, assessors, data submitters and analysts, decision-makers, policy planners and researchers.

Courses and resources are available in a variety of formats, including eLearning modules, PDF and page-based documents, live and recorded web conferences, and videos.

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Resources offered through AVÐÇÇò include the following:

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Canadian seniors and access to specialists

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Tracy Johnson, AVÐÇÇò's director of Health System Analysis and Emerging Issues, discusses the survey's key findings for access to specialist care for Canadian seniors in this video.

Canadian seniors and medical assistance in dying

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Tracy Johnson, AVÐÇÇò's director of Health System Analysis and Emerging Issues, discusses the survey's findings for the views of Canadian seniors on medical assistance in dying in this video.