Access Goal Charts

From this screen, view charts of wait times for selected services by region compared to a provincial access goal.

For information on wait time goals, click here.

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

An access goal is a performance goal for Alberta. It is a wait time within which a region must strive to provide ninety percent of selected elective services. Access 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 access goal.

The 90th percentile wait time is the wait time in weeks within which 90% of patients were served. 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.

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

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).
• Click here to see Access Goal Charts.
• Click here to see Trend Reports.
• 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: