Wait Time Trends

From this screen, view charts of wait time trends by regions, facilities or physicians for selected services as compared to Federal/Provincial/Territorial (FPT) wait time goals.

For information on wait time goals, click here.
For information on data comparisions, click here.
To download Trend Reports, click here.
For definitions of Trend Report terms, click here.

Please specify the service category, urgency and region(s) you are looking for:

A Wait Time Goal is a federal wide performance goal benchmark. It is a wait time within which a region must strive to provide ninety percent of selected elective services. Wait time goals are developed for three urgencies by clinical experts and approved by the Minister of Health and Wellness. Regions must strive to provide services so that their 90th Percentile Wait Time is equal to or better than the wait time goal.

The 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentile wait times are the wait time in weeks within which 25%, 50%, 75%, and 90% of patients were served respectively. It includes data from persons served during the 90 days prior to the report date. A wait time starts when the patient and ordering physician decide that a service is required and ends when the service is provided.

The Average is the average wait time in weeks before patients recieved service. It includes data from persons served during the 90 days prior to the report date. A wait time starts when the patient and ordering physician decide that a service is required and ends when the service is provided.

Persons Waiting is the number of people still waiting for service at the end of a given month.

Persons Served is the number of people who have recieved service within a given month.

Urgency definitions for each category of service are in development. Urgency I is for more urgent conditions, urgency II for less urgent conditions and urgency III is for elective conditions.

Region is the region where the service was provided. Region 'Alberta' is a provincial aggregate value for all health regions.

Facility is the facility where the service was provided.

Physician is the physician who performed the service.

What would you like to do next?

• Click here to review regions, physicians and facilities participating in the Alberta Waitlist Registry, that offer this service in Alberta.
• Click here if you know who your physician is and you wish to access their information directly.
• Click here to learn more about the service categories covered by the Alberta Waitlist Registry (to identify the correct one).
• If you know the service category you are interested in, and would like to see wait time information, select one of the service categories below: