Medtech availability a factor in Canadian wait time plan
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The Canadian Wait Time Alliance (WTA), consisting of six specialty medical associations, has released an interim report on what it considers to be medically acceptable wait times. The report sets out "first principles" to benchmark the setting of wait-times for cardiac care, cancer care, diagnostic imaging, joint replacement and sight restoration, areas prioritised in the first ministers' 2004 10-year plan.