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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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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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

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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.

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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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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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