Quebecers are waiting longer for surgeries

Quebecers are waiting longer for surgeries according to a new report from the Fraser Institute. The average wait time in Quebec in twenty eleven increased to approximately twenty weeks. Despite the increase, Quebec patients are the third quickest in Canada to get the surgery needed.

The report suggests the main reason for delays in Quebec is the wait between getting a referral from a general practitioner and seeing a specialist.

Canadians in general are waiting longer for surgeries than they have in the last two decades. Ontario has the shortest wait time at fourteen weeks, while Prince Edward Island has the longest, at forty-four weeks.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development places Canada as the highest of eleven developed countries surveyed for wait times.