A report from Health Quality Ontario says that while residents of the province are living longer and getting cancer surgeries in a timely fashion, there's room for improvement for the province's healthcare system, particularly as it pertains to the following areas:
- More hospital beds occupied by patients waiting for care elsewhere;
- An increase in distress among informal caregivers;
- An inability to receive timely palliative care; and
- Inequities by income for colorectal cancer screening.
The HQO adds that in comparison with other jurisdictions, Ontario fared the worst on the measure of patients' ability to get an appointment with a primary care practitioner either the same day or the next day when sick.
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