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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

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

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1 in 3 unpaid caregivers in Canada are distressed

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Take a closer look at the role unpaid caregives play in our health systems. The high rates of caregiver distress may signal a need for more effective and appropriate services and supports.

Access to care

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Key findings related to access to primary care from the 2019 Commonwealth Fund's survey of primary care physicians.

Commonwealth Fund survey, 2019

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The 2019 Commonwealth Fund survey focuses on primary care physicians and provides an important perspective on how well primary care is operating in Canada and internationally.

Access and wait times: Data tables

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

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Access and wait times: Indicators

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

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Wait Times for Knee Replacement (Percentiles)

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This indicator provides the number of days between the date the patient and the appropriate physician agreed to a total knee replacement and the date the patient received the surgery.

Wait Times for MRI Scan

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This indicator provides the number of days patients waited, from the date the order/requisition was received to the date that patients received an MRI scan.

Wait Times for Radiation Therapy (Percentiles)

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This indicator provides the number of days patients waited, from the date they were ready to treat to the date of their first radiation therapy treatment.

Access and wait times: Tools

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

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Access and wait times: Data holdings

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

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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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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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