Hospital stay extended until home care services or supports ready (median, in days)

Table

Unit Days

Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Fiscal Year 2017-2018
Province
New Brunswick
12
11
12
12
12
14
13
11
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
10
12
14
13
13
15
16
14
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
13
16
8
18
14
15
13
14
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
20
20
17
16
16
18
14
15
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
7
11
9
12
9
10
9
4
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
14
11
9
14
11
15
13
16
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
13
9
10
9
8
13
10
8
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
8
13
9
11
7
17
18
12
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

About

This indicator measures the median number of days patients spend in an inpatient acute care hospital bed when they don’t need acute care before they are discharged to home care.

Source

Canadian Institute for Health Information, Your Health System: In Depth

Calculations

https://www.cihi.ca/en/indicators/hospital-stay-extended-until-home-care-services-or-supports-ready

Unit

Days

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

CIHI-YHSB-002

Dimension of Quality

Accessibility
Appropriatness
Effectiveness

Geographic Assignment

Place of residence

Charts