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Median waiting time for radiation treatment for breast cancer in province of Ontario: 8 weeksMedian waiting time for angioplasty in the province of British Columbia: 12 weeks
Median waiting time for radiation treatment for prostate cancer in province of Quebec: 12 weeks
Median waiting time for cataract removal in the province of Ontario: 20 weeks.
Median waiting time for cataract removal in the province of Saskatchewan: 52 weeks.
Median waiting time for a tonsillectomy in the province of Saskatchewan: 80 weeks.
For the full story, replete with additional statistics, and also some graphs, click here.
Parapundit now offers an update on the sorry state of Canadian medicine.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on October 20, 2003 at 03:53 PM in Economics | Permalink
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