Nadeem Esmail

Director, Health System Performance Studies, The Fraser Institute

Nadeem Esmail is the Director of Health System Performance Studies and Manager of the Alberta Policy Research Centre at The Fraser Institute. He completed his BA (Honours) in Economics at the University of Calgary, and received an MA in Economics from the University of British Columbia. His recent publications and co-publications for The Fraser Institute include the series Waiting Your Turn: Hospital Waiting Lists in Canada, the series How Good is Canadian Health Care? and The Alberta Health Care Advantage: An Accessible, High Quality, and Sustainable System. His articles have appeared in newspapers across Canada, he has spoken internationally on health care policy and reform, and he has been a guest on numerous radio and TV programs across the country.

Latest Publications

• Waiting Your Turn: Hospital Waiting Lists in Canada, 18th Edition
• A Comparative Analysis of Mortality Rates Associated with Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery in Ontario and Select US States
• July/August 2008 - Making the Grade
• Waiting Your Turn: Hospital Waiting Lists in Canada, 17th Edition
• Medically Uninsured Americans: Evidence on Magnitude and Implications

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Latest News Releases

• 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

• Obama should heed Canadian medical lessons
• High cost, low value
• Setting a Bad Example
• ‘Too Old’ for Hip Surgery
• Hold the applause, please

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