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Surgery and Diagnostic Imaging Results

Provincial Wait Time by Priority - May 2017


Priority is the outcome of an assessment performed by clinicians on each non-emergency patient to determine their urgency of care rating using priority assessment tools recommended by clinical expert panels.

Priority reporting is the length of time patients waited for treatment by patient priority level for each service area.

Please refer to the Wait Times Targets for descriptions of each priority level by service area.

Service Wait Time by Priority
90th Percentile Wait Time
(days)
Access Target
(days)
% Completed Within Access Target
Paediatric Cardiovascular Surgery
Priority 2224295 %
Priority 31178483 %
Priority 421618267 %
Paediatric General Surgery
Priority 23521 - 4276 %
Priority 3888489 %
Priority 411318298 %
Paediatric Gynaecologic Surgery
Priority 2NV21NV
Priority 3NV84NV
Priority 483182100 %
Paediatric Neurosurgery
Priority 216786 %
Priority 3414296 %
Priority 4146182100 %
Paediatric Ophthalmic Surgery
Priority 2232188 %
Priority 31328479 %
Priority 422218287 %
Paediatric Dental/Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery
Priority 21612148 %
Priority 31638470 %
Priority 417618291 %
Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Priority 2322185 %
Priority 32058476 %
Priority 421618286 %
Paediatric Otolaryngic Surgery
Priority 2427 - 2856 %
Priority 310842 - 7040 %
Priority 411918297 %
Paediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Priority 26797 %
Priority 3904267 %
Priority 412918297 %
Paediatric Urologic Surgery
Priority 2424291 %
Priority 31188477 %
Priority 420918285 %
Paediatric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Priority 24286 %
Priority 3521048 %
Priority 4882837 %
Paediatric Computerized Tomography (CT)
Priority 21298 %
Priority 3201077 %
Priority 4422882 %
Notes: Priority 1 wait time data is not included in this data as it represents emergency patients who are seen immediately. Wait times by priority for cardiac services are available on the Cardiac Care Network of Ontario website.
 
Ophthalmic surgery priority access targets vary by service detail :
Priority 2: Retina - Vitrectomy 7; Glaucoma - Filter/Seton 14; Cornea - Transplant 28; Others 42
Priority 3: Retina - Vitrectomy and Glaucoma - Filter/Seton 42; Others 82
Priority 4: Retina - Vitrectomy 84; Glaucoma - Filter/Seton 112; Others 182