Nova Scotia Surgical Consult And Procedure Wait Time Metrics

Nova Scotia surgical wait time data includes metrics for consultation and surgery across facilities and specialties. The dataset contains columns for Surgery_90th, Surgery_Median, Consult_Median, Consult_90th, Quarter, Year, Zone, Facility, Provider, Procedure, and Specialty. It is provided by data.novascotia.ca and was last updated in August 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in Surgery_Median and Consult_Median wait times by Quarter and Year to assess system performance.
• Compare Surgery_90th percentile wait times across different Facilities or Zones to identify regional disparities.
• Model the relationship between Specialty, Procedure, and Consult_90th wait times to forecast demand.
• Benchmark individual Provider performance against Facility or Zone-level median wait times.

Strengths

• Contains multiple performance metrics per record including median and 90th percentile wait times for both consultation and surgery.
• Data is structured with clear dimensions for time (Quarter, Year), location (Zone, Facility), and clinical detail (Specialty, Procedure).
• Dataset was updated in August 2025, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Unknown row count and sample size limit assessment of statistical reliability.
• Geographic scope is limited to Nova Scotia, Canada, reducing generalizability.
• Data completeness for all columns across all records is unknown.

Provenance

Source

data.novascotia.ca

Time Range

Coverage defined by Quarter and Year columns, specific range unknown.

Freshness

Last updated on 2025-08-05.

Geography

Nova Scotia, Canada, as indicated by Zone column and source URL.