Les soins chirurgicaux au Canada et le coût de l’inaction
Edward J Harvey, Chad G Ball · 2026
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Edward Harvey and Chad Ball, two surgeons, warn in a 2026 editorial that surgical care in Canada is failing from a lack of capacity, not effort. Waits have grown to the worst among wealthy nations for some work. People in Canada wait on average close to fifty-eight weeks for orthopedic surgery from referral. That is the longest wait of any surgical field, and it has grown since the pandemic.
The authors say long waits bring lost function, opioid use, lost jobs, and decline in older patients. Booking systems and efficiency drives cannot fix rooms that lack funds, staff, and hours. They name a sharper paradox: new surgeons cannot find posts while patients cannot get surgery. Their plea is to fund real capacity rather than chase leaner flow through a system that is too small.
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| CREATOR | Edward J Harvey, Chad G Ball |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 8 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |