Access and wait times
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.
Featured material
Measuring access to priority health services
Explore indicators measuring access to home and community care and to mental health and substance use services.
Equity in diabetes care: A focus on lower limb amputation
A report on inequalities in diabetes-associated lower limb amputations. These amputations, such as of the leg or foot, are used to measure diabetes care quality, access and equity.
Summary statistics on organ transplants, wait-lists and donors
Data tables and infographic provide 2023 summary statistics on organ transplants, wait-lists and donors based on aggregate data from organ donation organizations across Canada.
Drugs for rare diseases
CIHI is working to improve the collection and use of real-world evidence about drugs for rare diseases as part of the National Strategy for Drugs for Rare Diseases.
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.
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.
Indicators
Reports and releases
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