I don't know who to pose the question to, but I will start with Madame Besner again.
When we look at wait times, there have been some significant improvements, especially in certain areas, in empirical terms. What is difficult to tell is whether the overall wait-time scenario has improved in the nation, because we see that not all provinces have had to respond to the five critical areas. So some provinces can have a great increase in one area and no change in others. I think it was pointed out in the CIHI report on eye surgery, for example.
The other thing we hear from health professionals on an anecdotal basis is that in order to respond positively on the wait-time report card, there may be other areas of intervention that suffer within the medical system. Has either of you in your research been able to identify any of these?