HALIFAX – Nova Scotia received mixed results in a national survey of health-care wait times from a coalition of medical professional groups.
The province got an F for waits for knee replacements, while it received an A for radiation therapy.
Across Canada, the average grade is a C for knee replacements, according to the 2013 report card from the Wait Time Alliance.
Alliance chairman Dr. Chris Simpson says that means between 60 and 69 per cent of the population was treated within the benchmark of 26 weeks.
He says 30 to 40 per cent of patients in Canada waited longer than half a year to have their knee replacement done.
Newfoundland received top marks in five priority areas, getting an A + for hip replacement and cataract surgeries, and an A for knee replacement surgery.
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