Average wait time for surgery in Costa Rica’s public hospitals is 1 year, 3 months
(ICR Archive)
September 16th, 2015 (ICR News) The average wait time for general surgery in Costa Rica’s public hospitals is 452 days, and in nearly all cases patients must wait at least 90 days, according to the latest data released by Costa Rica’s public health and social security administration, known as CCSS or “La Caja,” based on figures from 2014.
Under legal pressure, CCSS has however made some headway in reducing the number of people on its waiting lists. As of December 31st, 2014 there were 120,682 patients awaiting some sort of surgical procedure. That number has been reduced to about 88,000 currently.
The report blames an aging population, an increase in chronic diseases, as well as an increase in the types of surgical procedures available through CCSS.
More than half of all surgeries are conducted at the San Juan de Dios, Calderon Guardia, San Rafael de Alajuela, Mexico, and San Vincente de Paul hospitals.
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