Question

Canada is frequently criticized for waiting lists for elective surgery.

Discuss the implications of the key points made about surgery care delivery for the Canadian system.

Are there risks to a surgery care delivery system under national health insurance?

How can a National Health Insurance model ensure that required surgical services are available?

Answer 1

The highest wiating time for surgery reported in canada was 28.6weeks while median waiting time is 21 weeks which is mind boggling. This has resulted in large amounts of implications albeit negative like revwrsible illness, excessive damages to health, increased risks and pain, mental anguish.

Surgery care under National health insurance has risk of subdued quality and poor infrastructure for preserving make it unattractive.

However such model of National health insurance can ensure high availability if waiting times can be reduced by forming an integrated and transdisciplinary system of hospitals where consolidation gives them higher capital to expand and differentiateand lower down costs and delays. This helps in added care and advantages and unlocking high synergy.

Government too can help lower taxes and costs of helathcare by collaboration with foreign firms and liberalisation of sector.