Private clinics helped Saskatchewan reduce median medical wait times by nearly 50%

10 Years On—Revisiting the Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative


VANCOUVER—Private clinics were a key component in the Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative (SSI), which reduced waiting times by 47 per cent between 2010 and 2014, finds a new study published today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.

“The success of the Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative offers valuable lessons for policymakers across Canada—and hope for patients—that the unacceptably long waits that plague health care systems nationwide can be reduced meaningfully with sensible reform,” said Nadeem Esmail, Fraser Institute senior fellow and co-author of 10 Years On—Revisiting the Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative.

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