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| Type of surgery | Waiting period | 2003 | 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate % |
95% confidence interval | Estimate % | 95% confidence interval | ||
| Cardiac and cancer related surgery | Less than 1 month | 59.7 |
48.2 to 71.2 |
41.8E |
27.0 to 56.7 |
| 1 to 3 months | 27.2E |
17.4 to 37.0 |
48.6E |
31.7 to 65.5 |
|
| Longer than 3 months | 13.1E |
5.3 to 20.9 |
F |
F |
|
| Joint replacement and cataract surgery | Less than 1 month | 25.4 |
17.7 to 33.0 |
19.3 |
13.5 to 25.2 |
| 1 to 3 months | 48.8 |
39.9 to 57.6 |
48.7 |
40.9 to 56.5 |
|
| Longer than 3 months | 25.8 |
18.7 to 33.0 |
32.0 |
25.2 to 38.8 |
|
| Other non-emergency surgery | Less than 1 month | 41.6 |
37.3 to 45.8 |
44.2 |
40.2 to 48.2 |
| 1 to 3 months | 42.4 |
38.2 to 46.6 |
38.2 |
34.0 to 42.3 |
|
| Longer than 3 months | 16.1 |
13.0 to 19.1 |
17.7 |
14.8 to 20.5 |
|
| Notes: Household population aged 15 and over. Based on population reporting waiting times for non-emergency surgeries accessed in past 12 months. Analysis excludes non-response ("I don't know", "not stated", and "refusal") Euse with caution (Coefficient of variation between 16.6% and 33.3%). F too unreliable to be published (Coefficient of variation greater than 33.3%, suppressed because of extreme sampling variability) Statistically significant difference between 2003 and 2005 estimates (p< 0.05). |
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| Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, Health Services Access Subsample, 2003 and 2005. | |||||
| Table source: Statistics Canada, 2006, Access to health care in Canada, Catalogue number 82-575-XWE2006002. | |||||