Thousands of Canadians are on doctor wait-lists. Are they effective?

Some provinces, to help facilitate a match, have created centralized waiting lists where people can register and eventually be matched with physicians who are seeing new patients. But are these lists effective?

Thousands of Canadians are on doctor wait-lists. Are they effective?
A doctor wears a stethoscope around his neck as he tends to patients in his office

Some provinces, to help facilitate a match, have created centralized waiting lists where people can register and eventually be matched with physicians who are seeing new patients. But are these lists effective?