(CTV Montreal) — Patients across Quebec experienced longer wait times in emergency rooms in from 2018 to 2019 according to an analysis by the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI).
“In Quebec, we have the longest waiting time in the industrialized world—and the rest of Canada is not doing that great either,” said MEI Senior Associate Analyst Patrick Dery.
The MEI analysis reports an increase in ER wait times compared to prior years, although fewer patients were treated in the 2018-2019 fiscal year compared to the previous year.
Other recent reports have pointed to ER wait times having improved, but the MEI says it depends on how you look at the data.
The earlier reports pointing to a nearly two-hour drop in waiting times and the findings by the MEI use the same data from the same source: Quebec’s Health Ministry. (…)