Priority medical procedures in Canada within benchmark time 2010-2022
This statistic displays the percentage of priority medical procedures in Canada that were within the waiting time benchmark from 2010 to 2022. For example, in 2022, 57 percent of hip replacement procedures occurred within its benchmark of 182 days of waiting time. Long wait times can prevent sick patients from receiving timely health care services.
In 2020, the shares of procedures that took place within the waiting time benchmark decreased in the country. The COVID-19 pandemic could explain this decrease. In 2022, waiting times bettered, yet did not fully recover to pre-pandemic levels. Nonetheless, waiting times for radiation therapy and hip fracture repair seemed unaffected.