High users of inpatient acute care services

Table

Unit Rate per 100 patients

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 Fiscal Year 2016-2017
Province
New Brunswick
4.4
4.4
4.2
4.5
4.8
4.8
4.9
5.1
4.8
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
4.1
4.1
3.7
4.2
4.7
4.7
5.0
4.8
4.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
4.9
4.7
4.3
5.2
5.1
4.7
4.6
5.0
4.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
4.1
4.3
4.4
3.6
4.7
4.8
4.7
4.8
4.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
4.3
4.7
4.9
4.9
5.0
4.5
5.5
5.4
4.8
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
5.4
5.6
4.5
5.2
5.4
5.7
5.3
5.9
5.7
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
3.6
3.1
3.4
4.0
4.0
4.6
4.4
4.8
4.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
5.5
5.4
5.0
5.9
4.9
5.9
6.1
6.5
6.4
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

About

This indicator provides the risk-adjusted rate of patients who had 3 or more inpatient acute care hospitalizations with a cumulative length of stay (LOS) longer than 30 days (high users).

Source

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

Calculations

https://www.cihi.ca/en/indicators/high-users-of-hospital-beds

Unit

Rate per 100 patients

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

CIHI-YHSD-014

Dimension of Quality

Accessibility
Appropriatness
Effectiveness

Geographic Assignment

Place of residence

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