Government-Funded Surgeries in Quebec Increasingly Performed by Private Clinics: Study

Government-Funded Surgeries in Quebec Increasingly Performed by Private Clinics: Study
A surgery is performed in the operating room in Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children on Nov. 30, 2022. The Canadian Press/Chris Young
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Private surgical clinics are playing an increasing role in Quebec’s universal health-care system, performing one in six publicly funded day surgeries in 2023, according to a new study.

Released on Sept. 26, the study from the Fraser Institute says government-funded day surgeries performed by private clinics increased from 6.1 percent in 2011 to 17.1 percent in 2023 in Quebec.