surgical volume trends within and beyond wait time priority areas
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Surgical Volume Trends Within and Beyond Wait Time Priority Areas. Recent Trends in Number of Wait Time Priority Procedures 2004–2005 to 2006–2007. Note: Data exclude Quebec. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Surgical Volume Trends Within and Beyond Wait Time Priority Areas
Recent Trends in Number of Wait Time Priority Procedures 2004–2005 to 2006–2007
Note: Data exclude Quebec.
Sources: Discharge Abstract Database, National Ambulatory Care Reporting System, Canadian Institute for Health Information; Alberta Health and Wellness ambulatory care data.
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Change in Procedures Within Wait Time Priority Areas, 2004–2005 to 2006–2007 (Excluding Quebec)
Priority Area
Procedures by Year
Two-Year Change in
Procedures
Two-Year Change in Age
Standardized Rates2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007
Hip Replacement 19,800 22,500 23,000 +3,200 +11%
Knee Replacement 28,500 35,100 38,400 +9,900 +28%
Revascularization 52,000 54,300 54,000 +2,000 Not significant
Cataract Surgery 209,200 232,500 244,500 +35,300 +13%
Cancer Surgery 137,100 143,200 144,100 +7,000 +1%
Procedures Outside Priority Areas
1,993,500 2,083,500 2,093,000 +99,600 +1%
Note: All figures rounded to the nearest hundred.
Sources: Discharge Abstract Database, National Ambulatory Care Reporting System, Canadian Institute for Health Information; Alberta Health and Wellness ambulatory care data.
Growth in Standardized Rates for Wait Time Priority Procedures, 2004–2005 to 2006–2007
Sources: Discharge Abstract Database, National Ambulatory Care Reporting System, Canadian Institute for Health Information; Alberta Health and Wellness ambulatory care data.
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Alta.
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Ont.
N.B.
N.S.
N.L.
Canada (Excl. Que.)
Percent Change in Age-Standardized Surgery Rates
Sources: Discharge Abstract Database, National Ambulatory Care Reporting System, Canadian Institute for Health Information; Alberta Health and Wellness ambulatory care data.
Annual Change in Standardized Rates for Wait Time Priority Procedures
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Percent Change in Age-Standardized Surgery Rates
2005–2006 2006–2007
B.C.
Alta.
Sask.
Man.
Ont.
N.B.
N.S.
N.L.
Canada (Excl. Que.)
Annual Change in Standardized Rates for Surgical Procedures Outside Wait Time Priority Areas
Sources: Discharge Abstract Database, National Ambulatory Care Reporting System, Canadian Institute for Health Information; Alberta Health and Wellness ambulatory care data.
-6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8
Percent Change
2005–2006 2006–2007
B.C.
Alta.
Sask.
Man.
Ont.
N.B.
N.S.
N.L.
Canada (Excl. Que.)
Annual Change in Standardized Rates for Surgery Outside Priority Areas
Notes: Data exclude Quebec. Procedures for pregnancy and childbirth, newborns and trauma were excluded.
Sources: Discharge Abstract Database, National Ambulatory Care Reporting System, Canadian Institute for Health Information; Alberta Health and Wellness ambulatory care data.
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All Surgery Outside Priority Areas
Other Ortho. Other Cardiac Other Eye
Consultations for Specialists Who Perform Wait Time Priority Procedures
Notes: Consultations considered whether occurred in physician’s office or at patient’s location. Cancer not included because performed by a broad range of surgical specialists. Consults reported for physician specialists who did at least one of the priority surgeries.
Source: National Physician Database, Canadian Institute for Health Information.
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