Provincial governments do not conduct analysis of the potential patient suffering that may occur while people are on long wait-lists for surgery or other medical care, according to new research.
The findings were published in a policy brief on April 4 by SecondStreet.org, a think tank that examines government policies. The research was the result of freedom of information requests filed with all 10 provincial governments, to ask for any data collected on patients waiting for health care. The time period for the requests was from June 1, 2020, to August 1, 2022.
