CIHI provides timely and comparable data and information to guide decisions about improving both access to care and wait times for receiving a health service. For some services, this information includes the proportion of patients treated within benchmark time frames. Explore information on access and wait times, including indicators, data tables, reports and other key resources.
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Wait times for priority procedures in Canada, 2024
Explore recent trends in volumes and wait times for hip and knee replacements, cataract and cancer surgeries, and diagnostic imaging at national and provincial levels.
Measuring access to priority health services
Explore the latest products related to new pan-Canadian indicators about access to home and community care and to mental health and substance use services.
Commonwealth Fund survey, 2023
The 2023 Commonwealth Fund survey looked at the views and health care experiences of the general population age 18+ in 10 high-income countries, including Canada.