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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • Would you accept human surgical wait times for your dog or cat?

    April 15, 2015

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for April 15, 2015 Source: Surgery wait times change little in 5 years Reference: CIHI Report

  • Wait time improvements: Taking from Peter to pay Paul

    March 6, 2015

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 6, 2015 Source: Ottawa Hospital sharply reduces wait times for hip and knee replacements  

  • Wait times study to see a family doctor based on self-reported data; a more scientific approach is needed

    January 21, 2014

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 21, 2014 [display_podcast] Source: Canadian patients wait longest to see family doctors Reference: “Where You Live Matters:

  • The shell game of wait times: One pie to rule them all

    June 12, 2013

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 12, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: Ontario Continues to Lead All Provinces in Reducing Wait Times Reference: WTA Report Card

  • Waiting for the hip train to pull out of the station

    September 3, 2012

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 3, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Eastern Ontario has province’s longest delays for hip replacements  

  • Wait times for Ottawa mental health services are about a year

    June 4, 2012

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 4, 2012   [display_podcast]   Source: Treatment wait times in ‘depression capital’ have now grown to one year  

  • Health care ideology inflicting harm upon our children

    May 3, 2011

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 3, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Pediatric surgeons set targets to cut wait times Reference: Waiting for children’s surgery in Canada: the Canadian Paediatric Surgical Wait Times project          

  • Sunday House Call # 318, September 12, 2010

    September 12, 2010

    Sunday House Call # 318, September 12, 2010 Topics today include: Commentary on weight gain uin Ontario and how the Ontario Governments restrictions on sending patients to the US for bariatric surgery is costing us more in every respect. Plus caller questions.

  • Waiting Your Turn: Hospital Waiting Lists in Canada

    November 1, 2009

    When we last spoke to Nadeem Esmail in October 2007 regarding a report on efforts to reduce hospital wait times in Canada, the results were less than stellar.: wait times remained a major problem and barrier for prompt care. The Fraser Institute’s annual report on hospital wait times, the 19th edition of Waiting Your Turn:…

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