Medical wait times cost Canadian patients more than $2 billion in lost wages before COVID-19

The Private Cost of Public Queues for Medically Necessary Care, 2020


VANCOUVER—Long waits for surgery and medical treatment cost Canadians almost $2.1 billion in lost wages and productivity last year, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. And those costs could increase now that many provinces have postponed elective (or scheduled) surgeries as a result of COVID-19.
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