Table 2:

Wait times for patients awaiting semiurgent and nonurgent ophthalmic subspecialty surgery for November 2019 and November 2020

VariableWait time, d, mean ± SD
All subspecialtiesCataractRetinaGlaucomaCorneaOculoplasticsStrabismus
Real data*
 November 201994.4 ± 97.494.4 ± 99.137.7 ± 44.748.6 ± 49.896.4 ± 95.977.2 ± 70.2102.1 ± 94.4
 November 2020101.9 ± 137.2126.9 ± 135.747.9 ± 80.651.8 ± 78.9109.6 ± 114.2111.3 ± 126.0201.2 ± 190.7
Projected model estimates†
 November 2020 to March 2021198.5 ± 81.4177.0 ± 101.5110.9 ± 68.3187.8 ± 67.6229.8 ± 78.3186.6 ± 99.4298.9 ± 64.8
 April 2021 to March 2022220.9 ± 116.1225.7 ± 115.0121.1 ± 69.4206.4 ± 63.8278.8 ± 79.6232.5 ± 114.2526.0 ± 90.8
 April 2022 to March 2023282.1 ± 91.4244.8 ± 121.2124.2 ± 69.3211.2 ± 61.6298.8 ± 81.6250.9 ± 120.1562.5 ± 75.6

  • Note: SD = standard deviation.

  • ↵* Data source: Wait Times Information System, Ontario Health.

  • ↵† Model-estimated projections for wait times up to 3 years after the pandemic. Scenarios were run 50 times for a total of 240 000 patients.