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20% of Canadians say shortage of Doctors, top priority

hypocritexposer

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OTTAWA – Canada’s perennial shortage of doctors, nurses and other medical professionals tops the list of key health challenges for the country, according to a wide-ranging study done for Health Canada.

Its annual survey found one in five Canadian adults identified the shortage of health-care professionals as a top priority. That finding goes hand-in-hand with the 13% who cited long waiting times for medical care as an important concern.

According to The Strategic Counsel, which conducted the survey of 1,750 adults, both issues have been priorities for Canadians in previous Health Canada surveys. But because of the timing of this particular survey – Oct. 8 to 25, 2009 – the H1N1 epidemic also burst onto the list of top worries.

Fourteen per cent of Canadians mentioned it among the “most important” health issues facing the country.

Other top-of-mind health issues cited in the survey were cancer research (by 7% of those asked), the aging population (5%), preventative health care (4%), and emergency services and waiting times for emergency treatment (4%).

The survey also asked respondents to rank a list of issues provided to them. Ensuring the safety of food products and pharmaceuticals was seen as important by 95% of those asked. Encouraging people to live a healthier lifestyle was touted by 89%, as was protecting the “key principles” of medicare, and ensuring the safety of consumer products.

The survey has a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points, 95% of the time.
 

Silver

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Only 20% hey? That's interesting. And 89% want to protect the "key principals" of medicare. Interesting stuff.
 

TSR

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Silver said:
Only 20% hey? That's interesting. And 89% want to protect the "key principals" of medicare. Interesting stuff.

Thats exactly what I was thinking as I read Hypo's post. :shock: :)
 

hypocritexposer

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...and the Country that comes next after Canada, as being happy with their system?

The US (pre-reform)

I find it interesting that the reform in the US will add less to the number of insured (as a %) than the 20% that are unhappy in Canada with wait times and Doctor shortages, but it was a necessity in the US. Here in Canada, excuses for changes to the system are made by those same very type of people that advocated for reform in the US.
 

Tam

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Doctor shortage a key priority: survey
Posted By CHRISTINA SPENCER
Posted 1 day ago


Canada's perennial shortage of doctors, nurses and other medical professionals tops the list of key health challenges for the country, according to a wide-ranging study done for Health Canada.

20% of those surveyed listed it "top" of the list of challenges faced by our country over all other concerns. :? To me that means no other challenge is more important than the "Doctor Shortage". :wink:

Nowhere does it say the other 80% think we don't have a Doctor shortage. What it does say is the other 80% felt the doctor shortage was not the ONLY challenge we face.

13% say waiting list was top of the list. But if you were to ask them why there are waiting lists what are the odds they would say it is a result of a shortage of doctors? :?

You can read anything you want from a survey but it still doen't change the fact that Canada's top priorty is the Doctor Shortage. :wink:
 

TSR

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Tam said:
Doctor shortage a key priority: survey
Posted By CHRISTINA SPENCER
Posted 1 day ago


Canada's perennial shortage of doctors, nurses and other medical professionals tops the list of key health challenges for the country, according to a wide-ranging study done for Health Canada.

20% of those surveyed listed it "top" of the list of challenges faced by our country over all other concerns. :? To me that means no other challenge is more important than the "Doctor Shortage". :wink:

Nowhere does it say the other 80% think we don't have a Doctor shortage. What it does say is the other 80% felt the doctor shortage was not the ONLY challenge we face.

13% say waiting list was top of the list. But if you were to ask them why there are waiting lists what are the odds they would say it is a result of a shortage of doctors? :?

You can read anything you want from a survey but it still doen't change the fact that Canada's top priorty is the Doctor Shortage. :wink:

You sure proved one thing-That you can read anything you want from a survey (a wide ranging survey at that). :lol:
 

Tam

Well-known member
TSR said:
Tam said:
Doctor shortage a key priority: survey
Posted By CHRISTINA SPENCER
Posted 1 day ago


Canada's perennial shortage of doctors, nurses and other medical professionals tops the list of key health challenges for the country, according to a wide-ranging study done for Health Canada.

20% of those surveyed listed it "top" of the list of challenges faced by our country over all other concerns. :? To me that means no other challenge is more important than the "Doctor Shortage". :wink:

Nowhere does it say the other 80% think we don't have a Doctor shortage. What it does say is the other 80% felt the doctor shortage was not the ONLY challenge we face.

13% say waiting list was top of the list. But if you were to ask them why there are waiting lists what are the odds they would say it is a result of a shortage of doctors? :?

You can read anything you want from a survey but it still doen't change the fact that Canada's top priorty is the Doctor Shortage. :wink:

You sure proved one thing-That you can read anything you want from a survey (a wide ranging survey at that). :lol:

And you proved that you passed over the fact the the Shortage of Doctors in Canada is a "KEY PRIORITY" and "TOPS THE LIST OF CHALLENGES" in a wide ranging survey. :roll:
 
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