Knee and hip replacements, in particular, are taking longer than they did in 2019, says new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information
Patients have continued to wait longer for certain surgeries, particularly knee and hip replacements, than they did in 2019, according to a new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
The report found about 20 per cent fewer knee replacements, 11 per cent fewer hip replacements and 10 per cent fewer cataract surgeries were done on patients, ages 18 and older, between April, 2020, and September, 2022, than before the pandemic. It calculated these estimates by comparing surgical data for each month during the pandemic against data for the same month in 2019.
Although there were variations between provinces, national waiting times for cataract surgeries have bounced back to roughly prepandemic levels. Catching up on these surgeries has been less challenging since they can be done in day-surgery or community clinics, the report said. About 66 per cent of cataract surgeries were done between April and September, 2022, within the recommended 112 days, compared with 70 per cent during the same period in 2019.
These waiting times do not include the time between when patients first experience symptoms and when they see a doctor, nor the wait for a referral, testing or diagnosis. As The Globe previously reported, in, only 20 per cent of B.C. patients referred to an oncologist were seen within two weeks.
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