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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
Where are the Canadians going to drive to when America makes it illegal to have private practice?
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With rising costs, I doubt this pdf report shows anything different.
Leaving Canada for Medical Care 2011
In 2011, a significant number of Canadians—an estimated
(46,159) —received treatment outside of the country.
2 Increases
between 2010 and 2011 in the estimated number of patients
going outside Canada for treatment were seen in British
Columbia (5,565 to 9,180), Saskatchewan (943 to 1,221),
Manitoba (933 to 1,436), New Brunswick (282 to 526),
Nova Scotia (851 to 1,271), Prince Edward Island (44 to 54),
and Newfoundland and Labrador (130 to 433). Conversely,
Ontario (23,192 to 18,172) saw a decrease in the estimated
number of patients who received treatment outside Canada.
3
Conclusion
In 2011, an estimated 46,159 Canadians received non-emergency
medical treatment outside Canada. In some cases, these
patients needed to leave Canada due to a lack of available resources
or a lack of appropriate procedure/technology. In others,
their departure will have been driven by a desire to return
more quickly to their lives, to seek out superior quality care, or
perhaps to save their own lives or avoid the risk of disability.
Clearly, the number of Canadians who ultimately receive their
medical care in other countries is not insignificant.
2 The products of the percentage of patients receiving non-emergency
treatment outside of Canada and the number of patients treated in
Canada as estimated in Waiting Your Turn are shown in table 1.
3 Estimates from 2010 are from Esmail (2011).
http://www.fraserinstitute.org/uploa...011-ff0712.pdf
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