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Table 20-OIa Median waiting times for non-emergency surgeries, household population aged 15 and over, Canada, provinces and territories, 2005
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Canada | |
Number of persons | |
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Median waiting time, weeks | |
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Age-standardized median | |
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Newfoundland and Labrador | |
Number of persons | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Median waiting time, weeks | |
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Age-standardized median | |
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Prince Edward Island | |
Number of persons | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Median waiting time, weeks | |
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Age-standardized median | |
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Nova Scotia | |
Number of persons | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Median waiting time, weeks | |
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Age-standardized median | |
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New Brunswick | |
Number of persons | |
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Median waiting time, weeks | |
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Age-standardized median | |
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Quebec | |
Number of persons | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Median waiting time, weeks | |
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Age-standardized median | |
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Ontario | |
Number of persons | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Median waiting time, weeks | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Age-standardized median | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Manitoba | |
Number of persons | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Median waiting time, weeks | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Age-standardized median | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Saskatchewan | |
Number of persons | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Median waiting time, weeks | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Age-standardized median | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Alberta | |
Number of persons | |
Low 95% confidence interval | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Median waiting time, weeks | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Age-standardized median | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
British Columbia | |
Number of persons | |
Low 95% confidence interval | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Median waiting time, weeks | |
Low 95% confidence interval | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Age-standardized median | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Yukon Territory | |
Number of persons | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Median waiting time, weeks | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Age-standardized median | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Northwest Territories | |
Number of persons | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Median waiting time, weeks | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Age-standardized median | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Nunavut | |
Number of persons | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Median waiting time, weeks | |
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Coefficient of variation | |
Age-standardized median | |
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1. | Based on household population aged 15 and over reporting a need for a specialist visit, a non-emergency surgery or a selected diagnostic test in past 12 months. | ||
2. | "Waiting times" is defined as follows: for "specialist visits", time between when individuals and their doctor decided that they should see a specialist and when they actually visited the specialist; for "non-emergency surgeries", time between when individuals and their surgeon decided to go ahead with the surgery and the day of surgery; and for "selected diagnostic tests", time between when individuals and their doctor decided to go ahead with the test and the day of the test. | ||
3. | "Non-emergency surgeries" includes a booked or planned surgery provided on an outpatient or inpatient basis. Does not refer to surgery provided through an admission to the hospital emergency room as a result of, for example, an accident or life-threatening situation. | ||
4. | This table excludes non-response ("don't know", "not stated" and "refusal"). | ||
5. | Medians are age-standardized using the direct method and the 1991 Canadian Census population structure. The use of a standard population results in more meaningful comparisons because it adjusts for variations in population age distributions over time and across geographic areas. | ||
6. | When comparing estimates, it is important to use confidence intervals to determine if differences between values are statistically significant. Confidence intervals describe sampling variability and give an indication of the precision of a given estimate. Bootstrapping techniques were used to produce the coefficient of variation (CV) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). | ||
7. | Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) from 16.6% to 33.3% are identified as follows: (E) use with caution. | ||
8. | Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) greater than 33.3% were suppressed due to extreme sampling variability and are identified as follows: (F) too unreliable to be published. | ||
9. | For 2005, the Canada total includes Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. For, 2000/2001 and 2003, the Canada totals do not include Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. | ||
10. | Data for 2000/2001 and 2003 are not available for Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. | ||
Source: | Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2005 (CANSIM table 105-3001). |
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