A new study has shown that the wait times across Ontario hospitals can be up to 15 times longer, depending on the facility a patient is referred to.

The study, <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;published in the scientific journal&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0307845&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0307845" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" data-linkindex="0" target="_blank">published in the scientific journal</a> PLoS ONE and led by Dr. David Urbach, who is head of the department of surgery at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, tracked wait times, from when a doctor prescribed an operation until the date of surgery.

The wait time for cataract surgery ranged, in some places, from 15 days to 249 days, a 1,560 per cent increase.{ai:summary}<p>In Ontario's tangled healthcare web, patients find themselves at the mercy of clock hands spinning too slowly. A new study reveals some hospitals make you wait up to 15 times longer than others for crucial surgeries, painting a grim picture of unequal care.</p><p>Dr. David Urbach leads this dissection of delay, a sharp reminder that in matters of life and health, proximity doesn't equal equity. #health</p>

Surgery wait times vary wildly between hospitals in Ontario, study finds

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