Nearly 30% of Canadians report ‘chronic difficulty’ accessing health care: Poll
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According to the poll, over the past six months, two in five people in Canada said they had a difficult time getting either emergency care or a specialist appointment. At least 58 per cent of respondents said it was very difficult or impossible to see a specialist, while 48 per cent seeking surgery said the same.
Experts say what’s happening in emergency departments is due to a number of complex factors, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented shortage of health-care practitioners and lack of beds in long-term care homes.The situation has dented trust in the health-care system among Canadians, with three in five respondents saying they are not confident about timely access to emergency care, the Angus Reid poll found.
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