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CANADIANS EXPERIENCING LONGER “WAIT TIMES” TO RECEIVE THEIR HEALTH CARE

Waiting for treatment has become a defining characteristic of Canadian health care.

The Fraser Institute released its 2018 annual report on queues & wait times for specialist visits and diagnostic and surgical procedures. The findings are based on surveys of about 2,400 physicians all across Canada, covering twelve (12) different specialties including orthopedic surgery and radiation oncology.

And as you can see from the infographic, there is a huge difference from the 1993 report!

The current study shows that Ontario has the shortest total wait time at 15.4 weeks, while New Brunswick has the longest at 41.7 weeks. The waits in British Columbia and Alberta are both just over 26 weeks.

These long wait times often have serious consequences to the patient such as increased pain, suffering, and mental anguish. In certain instances, they can also result in poorer medical outcomes - transforming potentially reversible illnesses or injuries into chronic, irreversible conditions, or even permanent disabilities.

The one caveat is that according to the report, even though Canadians wait longer for health care than people in many other countries around the world, they are generally more satisfied with their experience once they are actually seen.

CONCLUSION = The results of the survey indicate that despite provincial strategies to reduce wait times and high levels of health expenditure, it is clear that patients in Canada continue to wait too long to receive necessary medical treatment.

MEDEXTRA MEDICAL SERVICES – CORPORATE OVERVIEW

Far more than just a menu of services and a resource network, MedExtra identifies the principal issues underlying employee absenteeism, applies advanced triage protocols to identify suspicious claims and our proprietary Care Management to manage and reduce corporate costs & risks.

"ALL TOGETHER" is used by plan sponsors across Canada, insurance carriers, managing general group agencies, brokers, agents & Canada’s largest assistance provider.

Our Approach:

MedExtra’s Care Management is proactive, collaborative with treating physicians and best practice based to deliver Early Medical Intervention to accelerate diagnosis, treatment, return to health and work, with minimal costs and inconvenience, for plan sponsors and plan members.

Care Management is MedExtra’s proprietary process functionally integrating IT, Care Managers, Resources and treating physicians to get the right information, to the right professional, at the right time for efficient, effective & engaged care with no running around.

What We Do:

MedExtra helps group benefits consultants design Extended Health Benefits plans to pro-actively control cost & risk. MedExtra takes care of all the details to accelerate return to health & work.

For plan sponsors, MedExtra provides a corporate Medical Director service to help uncover questionable absenteeism claims.

For plan members, MedExtra provides a medical concierge service for over 30 critical illnesses.

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