As the Lunar New Year approaches, we have some exciting news! Recently, Canada was ranked in the top 10 of the “happiest countries in the world”, becoming the only North American country to be in the Top 10. The top 10 of the “Happiest Countries in the World” list is almost dominated by European countries, with Canada ranking 10th, the only non-European country in the top 10, the other being New Zealand. Finland tops the list, followed by Denmark, Switzerland and Iceland.
The “Global health and Happiness Index Report” released by Lenstore is based on a comparative analysis of national happiness and health status, which is intrinsically linked to each other. The report shows that of the 84 countries for which information was collected, those without universal access to health care have lower levels of happiness. Canada is among the happiest countries in the world thanks to its universal health care system. In addition to this, the criteria for judging include aspects such as Life expectancy, physical activity and visual impairment. What is most notable about the survey is that all of the top 10 “happiest” countries provide universal health care to their citizens, according to the report.
“The combination of high life expectancy, low prevalence of visual impairment, and overall high availability and quality of health care systems suggests that a healthy country is more likely to produce happiness for its citizens.” The list of the “Top 10 Happiest Countries in the World” is in order: 1. Finland, 2. Denmark, 3. Switzerland, 4. Many of these 10 countries have a population of only a few million, while Canada, with 38 million people, is the largest of these countries.
Although this report is a targeted survey and does not fully represent the true state of Canada’s health care system, it does reflect, to some extent, the importance of health care to the nation’s life. In fact, Canada’s health care system has often been the subject of criticism and complaints from the public and the public at large, with the core issues being “difficulty in accessing health care and long waiting times”.
A 2019 data set shows that Toronto, with its unique health care resources, is the fastest region in Canada to be seen, with an average wait Time of 17 minutes; the average wait time for clinics across Ontario is 25 minutes. The average wait time in Ontario is 25 minutes. The shortest average wait time is 23 minutes in Alberta, 29 minutes in Ontario, 37 minutes in Saskatchewan, 50 minutes in British Columbia, and 69 minutes in Ontario.
In Canada, seeing a general practitioner is only the first step; if there is a more serious health problem, another specialist appointment is required, and this stage of progress is even more difficult. in March 2019, the Fraser Institute released a report showing that in 2018, the average wait time for Canadians to receive a consultation from their Family doctor to complete the full course of treatment was 19.8 weeks, or nearly five months. The average wait time for a specialist appointment on behalf of a family doctor was 8.7 weeks (a little over two months), and the average wait time for a hospital appointment on behalf of a specialist was 11 weeks (less than three months).
According to this report, there were 1,082,541 patients in Canada who had to wait to be seen and treated in 2018, and the total cost of lost work due to long wait times was $2.1 billion, or $1,924 per person on average. The original intent of Canada’s tiered health care system was to achieve free health care for all while controlling health care costs, avoiding “over-medication” and wasting resources, and allowing all patients, rich and poor, to have access to the most basic health care services.
But the system is costly and inefficient. Canada’s annual health care spending in recent years has been around $150 billion, or about $4,000 per capita, the fifth highest in the world. But such large expenditures have not eliminated complaints about “long waiting times” and “inadequate family doctor practice.
In addition, another report released by Lenstore, The State of Global Health 2021, shows that Canadian adults are the “saddest and most anxious” in the world in the entire COVID-19 pandemic, which seems to contradict the findings of the “happiest country This seems to run somewhat counter to the findings of the “happiest country.
In fact, this is a report based on a mental health survey that ranked Canada third out of 24 countries/territories for mental health issues. According to the data, 26% of Canadian adults felt “stress, anxiety or great sadness” during the new Epidemic; the United States ranked first, with 33% of adults feeling these health problems; and the United Kingdom ranked second. The report notes that 2020 is proving to be an extremely difficult year for many people’s mental health and well-being. Hopefully, with the arrival of the Lunar New Year, the gloom of 2020 will lift and everyone will regain their sense of well-being in a caring manner.
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