Nadeem Esmail

Senior Fellow, The Fraser Institute

Nadeem Esmail is the Fraser Institute’s former Director of Health System Performance Studies and Manager of the Alberta Policy Research Centre. He completed his B.A. (Honours) in Economics at the University of Calgary, and received an M.A. in Economics from the University of British Columbia. While on staff at the Institute, Nadeem authored or co-authored more than 30 comprehensive studies and more than 150 articles on a wide range of health care topics including waiting lists, international comparisons of health care systems, hospital report cards, medical technology, and the physician shortage. His articles appeared in newspapers across North America including the National Post, Globe and Mail, National Review Online, and Wall Street Journal. He has also spoken internationally on health care policy and reform.

Latest Publications

• Waiting Your Turn: Hospital Waiting Lists in Canada, 19th Edition
• A Comparative Analysis of Mortality Rates Associated with Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery in Ontario and Select US States
• How Good is Canada's Medical Technology Inventory?
• Waiting Your Turn: Hospital Waiting Lists in Canada, 18th Edition
• July/August 2008 - Making the Grade

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Latest News Releases

• Canadians wait more than 16 weeks for surgeries, therapeutic treatments; more than two percent of the country waiting for treatment
• Americans take note: Canada’s universal access health care system comes with 17-week wait list for surgery and other treatments
• Coronary bypass patients have less chance of dying in most U.S. states than Ontario
• Wait times for Canadians needing surgery hit an all-time high of more than 18 weeks in 2007

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Latest Articles & Commentaries

• Canadian health care system deserves its criticism
• Obama should heed Canadian medical lessons
• High cost, low value
• Setting a Bad Example
• ‘Too Old’ for Hip Surgery

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