Canada's health-care system falls behind most peer countries: Report
- Canada's health-care system ranks ninth out of ten countries in access to care, equity, and wait times, outperforming only the United States.
- The C.D. Howe Institute's report shows that 47 percent of Canadians wait two months or longer for specialist appointments, and 59 percent for elective surgeries.
- Approximately one-quarter of Canadians with low or average incomes faced cost-related barriers to accessing health care in the past year, double the rate of higher-income earners.
- Canada's health outcomes are slightly below average, with the second-highest infant mortality rate and second-highest 30-day-in-hospital mortality rate following a stroke.
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